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title: "Creating ideas in the Buffer mobile app"
description: "By saving all your best ideas in one place, you’ll have a collection of inspiration to jump-start your content creation process. When inspiration strikes, use your Content or Create space to store photos, GIFs, videos, links, or text so you can quickly turn them into posts when you're ready."
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# Creating ideas in the Buffer mobile app
By saving all your best ideas in one place, you’ll have a collection of inspiration to jump-start your content creation process. When inspiration strikes, use your Content or Create space to store photos, GIFs, videos, links, or text so you can quickly turn them into posts when you're ready.
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This feature is on our [newest plans](https://buffer.com/pricing).
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Looking for the web browser version of the "[Creating Ideas](https://support.buffer.com/en-us/articles/creating-ideas-in-buffer-7gu7n0Hyyq)" article?
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## Creating and editing ideas in the mobile app
Let's create your first idea!
1. Tap ***Create*** at the bottom of the app.
2. Tap ***Ideas.***
3. Tap the **+** icon to add text, bullet points, images, a video, or anything else that you want to capture for inspiration later.
4. Tap ***Save*** to store your idea in your Content or Create space for later.
5. To edit an idea, tap on the idea, make changes to the idea and tap ***Save****.*
## Deleting ideas in the mobile app
To delete an idea:
1. From the ***Create*** space, tap ***Ideas,*** then tap the idea you want to delete.
2. Tap the trash can 🗑️ and follow the prompts.
## Scheduling a draft or post from an idea in the mobile app
Once you’re ready to start drafting a post from your idea, you can either schedule it as a draft (Learn more about [Drafts here](https://support.buffer.com/en-us/articles/saving-and-scheduling-draft-posts-CBLXg1yFXp)) or schedule it as a post.
To save your idea as a draft or schedule it as a port:
1. From the ***Create*** space, tap ***Ideas,*** then tap the idea.
2. Once the composer opens, tap the paper airplane icon at the bottom of the screen.
3. The composer will open and you can proceed to compose the post as you would normally and tap ***Next****.*
4. From here, you can choose to ***Schedule as Draft*** to save your post as a draft across Buffer OR you can schedule it as a post (Learn more about [Scheduling Posts on the Buffer mobile app here](https://support.buffer.com/en-us/articles/scheduling-posts-on-the-buffer-mobile-app-jbqNo8FyUs)).
5. As a final step, a pop-up should appear and ask if you’d like to ***Keep Idea*** or ***Discard Idea***. Select ***Keep Idea*** to save your idea in the ***Content*** or ***Create*** area for the future or ***Discard Idea*** to delete it.
## Creating a Shortcut for Ideas in iOS
If you're browsing a website on your iOS device and want to create an idea, you can save a few steps in the process by using iOS Shortcuts. You can add the "Create an idea" option to your share sheet so you can save a website as an idea with just a few taps.
Here's how to do this:
1. Open the Shortcuts app.
2. If you search 'Buffer,' you should see the option to 'Save an idea in Buffer.'
3. Tap the three dots in the corner and tap ***Use in New Shortcut*** from the dropdown.
4. Tap the "i" menu at the bottom of the screen.
5. Toggle "Show in Share Sheet" **ON** and then tap ***Done.***
6. On the next screen, tap the input field\_**.**\_
7. Tap ***Clear*** to toggle all options OFF.
8. In the search bar, type ***URLs.***
9. Switch the "URLs" toggle ***ON*** and then tap ***Done***.
10. Tap ***Save an Idea*** and then tap the "Link" area. From the auto-suggestions, tap ***Shortcut Input*** and then ***Done.***
11. 'Save an idea in Buffer' shortcut should now appear in your Shortcuts menu. You should also see 'Save an idea in Buffer' when you open the Share Sheet, so you can tap it to save your idea in Buffer.
12. When you're ready to work on your idea, open the Buffer app, tap the "Content" area, and tap your idea to get started!
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Want to learn more about creating Buffer Shortcuts? [Read our full guide to Using Siri Shortcuts in the Buffer mobile app (iOS).](https://support.buffer.com/en-us/articles/using-shortcuts-with-the-buffer-mobile-app-ios-qcLIqlk3BV)
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