Trying to navigate Meta’s portfolio of tools can be frustrating at best and downright infuriating at worst.
Why are there a dozen names for the same thing? What’s a Business Manager account? How do you get Facebook page access? Who has page admin?
This article answers these questions for good and makes it as simple as possible for you to request access to Facebook pages.
Whether you’re an agency or freelancer managing a Facebook page for clients or are an employee who needs admin access to a page, you’re in the right place.
What to jump straight to the step-by-step Facebook access tutorial? Click here.
Typically, agencies and freelancers need Facebook page access so they can:
It’s not possible to just “login” to someone else’s Facebook page or business account.
This is because ALL Facebook Business pages are set up through someone’s personal Facebook account.
That means you can’t create a Facebook Business page without a personal Facebook account. Crazy, we know 🤯
So, your client can't share their business page "login" credentials for you to access their page.
The only thing your client could do is share their personal Facebook login details for the personal account connected to their Business Facebook page.
Should they do that?
Absolutely not.
Sharing account login details of a personal account is a big security risk and it will cause problems because of 2-factor authentication (required for most Facebook Business functions).