Understanding

Full Control vs Task Access: which should you give?

Full control can manage people and delete the Page; Task access only handles the jobs you assign. Here is how to pick the right one for each person.

The choice between Full control and Task access comes down to one question: does this person need to manage other people, or just do their own work? Full control can add, remove, and re-permission anyone, and reach every setting on the Page. Task access can only do the specific jobs you hand it. Get this right and you give people enough to work without ever handing over the keys to the whole Page.

If your situation is actually …

The one difference that matters

Everything a Task-access person can do, a Full-control person can also do. What Full control adds is power over people and settings: it can invite and remove others, change anyone's access, alter Page settings, and ultimately delete the Page. Task access can do none of that.

So the deciding factor is not how much content work someone does — a busy freelancer might post all day and still only need the Content task. It is whether they need to control who else has access. If the answer is no, Task access is the right home for them.

Which level does this person actually need?

  1. Q1

    What is this person here to do?

    Run the Page and manage who else has access
    Full control. Reserve it for a small, trusted few — they can add and remove anyone, including you.
    Write and publish posts
    Task access — Content. Full content workflow, no power over people or settings.
    Answer messages and comments
    Task access — Messages and community activity. The inbox and community, nothing else.
    Run ads from the Page
    Task access — Ads. Note that full ad-account control is granted separately at the ad-account level. Ad account roles explained →
    Only look at performance
    Task access — Insights. Read-only; nothing to break.

Frequently asked questions

No. Managing people — adding, removing, re-permissioning — is exclusive to Full control. That is the hard line between the two.

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.

Delvia is free on iPhone and Android. Keep a clear record of who has access to your accounts — and what to do when that changes — wherever you are.