How to Set Up and Change Your Twitch Schedule (2026)
To set up your Twitch schedule, open your Creator Dashboard, go to Settings > Channel > Schedule and press Add Stream for each day you stream. It takes ten minutes, and Twitch then shows your upcoming streams on your channel in each viewer's own time zone. For the strategy side, picking days you can actually keep, read how to make a Twitch schedule.
Set up your Twitch schedule in five steps
- Open the schedule editor.Sign in at twitch.tv, open the Creator Dashboard from your profile picture menu, then Settings, Channel and the Schedule tab. Twitch moves this menu now and then; if it looks different, search the dashboard for "Schedule".
- Press Add Stream.Each stream has a title, a category (leave it blank for variety), a start time and a duration. The title is a plan, not a promise: you can change it when you go live.
- Choose the weekdays it repeats on.Most streamers add one weekly entry per stream day. Affiliates and Partners can choose Specific Day for a one-time stream instead; everyone else gets weekly entries only, as explained in adding a one-time stream.
- Use Add Another for the rest of your week, then Save Changes.
- Check it on your channel page.Open the Schedule section of your channel logged out, or on your phone, to see what viewers see.
How to change your Twitch schedule
- Edit a stream: press the edit icon on it. Title, category and duration changes apply to every week of a weekly entry.
- Move a weekly stream to a new time: edit its start time, or, if the editor won't take it, delete the entry and add it again at the new time.
- Delete a stream: the trash icon removes it, including every future week. Delete schedule wipes everything.
- Skip one week: a weekly entry can cancel its next occurrence. That week shows as cancelled and the rest stays.
What the Twitch schedule does for you
- Time zones. You enter times in your own zone and Twitch converts them for each viewer. Check your slots after daylight saving changes, when an hour can quietly shift.
- Reminders. Viewers can set a reminder for an upcoming stream from your schedule.
- Visibility. Twitch's help center says schedules show on the Following page and in search results, as well as on your channel.
- Vacation Mode. A toggle at the top of the schedule settings with start and end dates, for breaks longer than a week.
What it can't do
- No every-other-week or monthly option. Entries repeat weekly, or, for Affiliates and Partners, on a specific day.
- Nothing outside Twitch. Someone who finds you on TikTok or Discord doesn't see your Twitch schedule until they click through.
- No subscribe-to-calendar button. Viewers can set reminders per stream, but there's no button on your channel that adds your whole schedule to their Google or Apple Calendar.
That's where a schedule page helps. Pulz re-reads your Twitch schedule every time you go live or finish a stream, shows it at pulz.bio/yourname/s in each visitor's time zone, and offers a subscribe button for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook. You can add one-off and weekly entries next to the synced ones, whether or not you're an Affiliate. For the panel side, a free Twitch panel maker makes a schedule panel at the right size, and the schedule docs cover the rest.
Mistakes to avoid
- End times you never hit. A "Mon 8-10 PM" slot that always runs to 1 AM makes the schedule unreliable for anyone planning around it.
- A panel image that disagrees with the schedule. Update both, or link the panel to a page that follows your schedule so the image never goes stale.
- Leaving old weeks in place. A schedule from three months ago reads as an inactive channel.
- Skipping Vacation Mode. Breaks without it leave scheduled streams that never happen, which teaches followers to ignore your schedule.
FAQ
Where is the schedule on Twitch?
Viewers see it in the Schedule section of your channel page. You edit it in the Creator Dashboard under Settings, Channel, Schedule.
Does my Twitch schedule show in each viewer's time zone?
Yes. You schedule in your own time zone and Twitch converts the times for each viewer. A Pulz schedule page does the same off Twitch.
Why can't I add a one-time stream?
One-time (Specific Day) streams are limited to Affiliates and Partners. Everyone else can add weekly entries only; adding a one-time stream covers the workarounds.
Does Twitch end the schedule slot when I stop streaming?
No. A slot shows the duration you set, whether you end early or run late. Edit the stream if the time no longer fits.
Can I show my schedule outside Twitch?
Yes. A Pulz schedule page follows your Twitch schedule, lives in your link in bio and gives viewers a calendar feed they can subscribe to.
Keep reading
How to Add a One-Time Stream to Your Twitch Schedule
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How to Make a Twitch Schedule People Follow (+ Free Makers)
The schedule is the easy part. Making one you can keep, and putting it where viewers actually look, is what turns visitors into regulars.
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