Add Text to Facebook Reels

This simple article teaches you how to add text while creating a Facebook Reel. It’s super easy and similar to adding text on Instagram Reels!

Let’s get going.

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How to Add Text to a Facebook Reel

Answer: You can add text on a Facebook Reel during the editing process. Simply tap “Text Aa” on the right-side’s menu and type in your text.

Method #1: With Facebook

1. Upload a Facebook Reel
2. Select “Text Aa” (on the right-menu)
3. Type in some text
4. Hit “Done” when finished
5. Repeat the process / Post your video

This is the easiest way to add text — and the best part is that you can add as much text as you need.

There’s no limit!

Related: How to add captions to a Facebook Reel.

Method #2: With SendShort

ETA 4 Minutes: It’s a better approach if you want your Facebook Reels to go viral (and it’s also free).

1. Create a free SendShort.ai account
2. Upload your video
3. AI Automatically adds captions: add, remove, or edit
4. Go to “Elements” → “Text“
5. Type in some text
6. Export video & Upload to Facebook Reels

The best part in comparison to Facebook’s method is that SendShort lets you add super eye-catchy text.

These are the subtitles you see on all the popular FB Reels!

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Add Text at Different Times

Answer: To add more text at different times of your Facebook Reel, swipe up to reveal the timeline. Skip to a point and click “Text” (and repeat the process).

1. Upload a Facebook Reel
2. Swipe up (or tap “Edit video“)
3. Go to a point where you want to add text
4. Tap “Text” → Type something
5. Repeat steps 3 & 4

This is what your screen should look like → with multiple text-blocks on the timeline.

You can add as much text as you need per video.

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Edit Text

If you want to edit the text you’ve added to a Facebook Reel, simply tap it and you’ll see the editing options. You can only edit text before publishing.

1. Tap the text
2. Above keyboard: change font
3. Top buttons: duration, color, background, alignment
4. Top-left: enable text-to-speech

That’s right about it!

However, there’s one last thing to discuss…

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Remove Text

Answer: To remove text from a Facebook Reel, you simply need to swipe up to reveal the timeline and select the text. Then, tap “Discard” at the bottom.

1. Swipe up (to reveal the timeline)
2. Tap text
3. Select “Discard“

Your text is now removed from the Reel.

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FAQ Can you edit Reel text after posting on Facebook?

Answer: No.

Unfortunately, you can edit a Facebook Reel’s text only before posting it.

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Thanks a lot for reading this,
David Ch
Head of the Editing Team at SendShort