How to Give Task Access on a Facebook Page
Task access lets someone help with specific jobs — content, messages, ads, or insights — without full control of your Page. Here’s how to grant exactly the right tasks.
Task access (and Partial control) is the least-privilege way to bring someone onto your Page. You switch on only the jobs they need — Content, Messages and community activity, Community activity, Ads, or Insights — and nothing else. They can never add or remove other people, change ownership, or delete the Page. For most freelancers, employees, and helpers, this is the right grant.
If your situation is actually …
- The person needs to manage other people too → Give Full control instead →
- They only need to run ads → Give ads-only access →
Before you start
You have Full control of the Page
Only a Full control person can grant task access. Partial control cannot add others.
Verify: Page → Settings → Page access — if you can add people, you have Full control.
You know exactly which tasks the person needs
Decide before you start: posting? replying to messages? running ads? viewing insights? Grant only those.
Grant Task access
Open Page access
Go to your Page’s settings and open Page access.
Where: Page → Settings → Page access → Task access
Add a person with task access
Under "People with task access", choose Add New and search for the person by name or email.
Turn on only the tasks they need
Toggle on Content, Messages and community activity, Community activity, Ads, or Insights — whatever matches their job. Leave everything else off.
Confirm: Only the chosen tasks are highlighted.
Send and have them confirm
Give access. The person confirms the request before their task access activates.
Confirm: They appear under task access with the specific tasks listed.
If this fails: Accepted invite but can’t see the Page
The task permissions you can grant
Each task is independent — mix and match for the person’s actual role.
| Role | Where it lives | Can do | Cannot do |
|---|---|---|---|
Task access — Content | Page → Settings → Page access → Task accessContent management |
| — |
Task access — Messages and community activity | Page → Settings → Page access → Task accessInbox and community |
| — |
Task access — Community activity | Page → Settings → Page access → Task accessComments only |
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Task access — Ads | Page → Settings → Page access → Task accessAds and boosted posts |
| — |
Task access — Insights | Page → Settings → Page access → Task accessRead-only analytics |
| — |
Ads task access lets someone run ads from the Page, but full ad-account control and billing are set separately on the ad account.
Common mistakes
Granting every task "just in case"
Turning on all tasks defeats the point of scoped access. Grant only what the role needs and add more later if required.
Why it happens: It feels easier than predicting what the person will touch.
Expecting Ads task access to fully manage the ad account
Ads task access lets someone run ads from the Page, but ad-account roles and billing live on the ad account itself.
Why it happens: The two systems overlap visually but are governed separately.
Already happened: Why Ads task access isn’t full ad control
Frequently asked questions
Delvia
Access issues are easier to prevent when roles, owners, and responsibilities are recorded clearly
Most access problems trace back to the same gap — no clear record of who has access, what role they hold, and what should happen when that changes. Delvia helps you keep that record so problems are visible before they become incidents.