> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.tella.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your social accounts

> Connect YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and Facebook (which covers Instagram) under Settings → Connections, or straight from Share → Publish, so Tella can publish your videos there. Connections are yours, not the workspace's.

Connect YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and Facebook under **Settings** → **Connections** so Tella can [publish your videos](/docs/help/sharing/publish-to-social-media) to them. The Facebook connection covers both your Facebook Pages and the Instagram professional accounts linked to them. You can also connect a platform straight from the **Publish** tab.

## Connect an account

1. Click your **workspace name** in the top-left corner and open **Settings** → **Connections**.
2. Under **Apps**, find **YouTube**, **LinkedIn**, **X**, **TikTok** or **Facebook** and click **Connect**.
3. Sign in to the platform in the tab that opens and allow Tella access.
4. Come back to Tella. The card shows **Connected**.

To connect while publishing instead, click **Share** → **Publish**, hover a platform under **Destinations**, and click **Connect**.

## Connect Instagram

Instagram connects through **Facebook**: Meta only lets apps post to Instagram professional accounts linked to a Facebook Page. Connect **Facebook** with the Facebook account that manages the Page, and allow Tella access to the Page and its Instagram account. See [Publish to Instagram and Facebook](/docs/help/sharing/publish-to-instagram-and-facebook).

## Set your default Facebook Page and Instagram account

Once Facebook is connected, its card in **Settings** → **Connections** shows **Default Facebook Page** and **Default Instagram account**. The **Publish** tab starts on these, and the API and MCP post to them. You can still pick a different one each time you publish in the app.

## Who can use my connected accounts?

Only you. Connections belong to your Tella user, not your workspace: when a teammate publishes a video you share with them, it goes to their own connected accounts. Teammates never see or post to yours.

## Reconnect an account that has expired

When a platform ends Tella's access, the card reads **Needs reconnecting** and the button changes to **Reconnect**. Click it and sign in again.

For YouTube, Google sometimes refuses to renew access. Tella then says **Tella's access to your YouTube account has expired and Google won't renew it.** Remove Tella at [myaccount.google.com/permissions](https://myaccount.google.com/permissions), then reconnect.

## Disconnect an account

Click **Disconnect** on the platform's card. Posts you've already published stay on the platform.

When you disconnect YouTube, also remove Tella at [myaccount.google.com/permissions](https://myaccount.google.com/permissions). Otherwise the next YouTube connection expires after an hour.


## Related topics

- [Publish to social media with the API or MCP](/docs/help/integrations/publish-with-the-api-and-mcp.md)
- [Integrations](/docs/help/integrations/overview.md)
- [Publish a video to social media](/docs/help/sharing/publish-to-social-media.md)
- [Connect Tella with Zapier](/docs/help/integrations/connect-tella-with-zapier.md)
- [Linear integration](/docs/help/integrations/linear-integration.md)