How to give someone ads-only access on Facebook

Is this your situation?

The short answer

Before you start

• Confirm the Page is in a business portfolio Access to a Page in a business portfolio is managed from the portfolio.Verify: Check Settings for the Page under Accounts.
• Check your own access level You need full access to the Page or the portfolio to give access.Verify: Check that you hold full access.
• Know the permission you will grant Ads permission lets someone create, manage and delete ads for the Page.Verify: Check that Ads is the permission you select.

How Facebook handles this

• People with task access can create, manage and delete ads, and other ads-related tasks.
• People with task access can view Page, content, ad, and metric performance.
• People with task access can't switch into the Page or manage it on Facebook.
• Full access to a Facebook Page allows a person to manage all Page settings.

Step by step

1. Open Meta Business Suite Go to Meta Business Suite on a desktop computer.Where: Meta Business Suite → desktop computerConfirm: Check that Meta Business Suite has loaded.
2. Open Settings Click Settings in Meta Business Suite.Where: Meta Business Suite → SettingsConfirm: Check for a Pages option in the Settings menu.
3. Select the Page Below Profiles click Pages and then select the Page.Where: Settings → Profiles → PagesConfirm: Check the Page name you selected.
4. Assign people Click Assign people.Where: Page settings → Assign peopleConfirm: Check for an Add People panel.
5. Find the person Below Add People, find and select the person to give Page access to.Where: Assign people → Add PeopleConfirm: Check the list for their name or email.
6. Choose partial access Select partial access (business tools only) as the type of access to grant.Where: Add People → access typeConfirm: Check that partial access is selected, not full control.
7. Select Ads only The Ads permission for the Page allows creating, managing and deleting ads for the Page.Where: Add People → access typeConfirm: Check that Ads is the only permission toggled on.
8. Assign Click Assign to complete giving Page access to the person.Where: Add People → AssignConfirm: Check the Page's people list for their name.If this fails: Check that you still hold full access to the Page.

Common mistakes

• Granting full control instead of ads-only Full access to a Facebook Page allows a person to manage all Page settings.Why it happens: You pick the wrong access type at the assignment step.
• Expecting Facebook-side posting from task access People with task access can't switch into the Page or manage it on Facebook.Why it happens: You expect task access to act like switching into the Page.
• Granting access without full access of your own A person must have full access to the Page or full access to the business portfolio to give someone else access to the Page.Why it happens: You try to assign access while holding only partial access yourself.Already happened: If access could not be granted, audit who has access to the Page.

Roles at a glance

Keeping track of who has access