When you set up a profile for your business, you are creating a separate account for your business as if it were a person. An easy way to remember the difference between a Facebook profile and a Facebook page is that that Facebook profiles are for people, while Facebook pages are for businesses.
Facebook Help TeamYes, a Group can have more than one Admin. Keep in mind that once you make someone an admin of a group, they'll be able to remove members or admins, add new admins and edit the group description and settings.
No, Facebook does not allow you to create a business page without it being linked to a personal profile. Any business page needs an admin, who is a person who manages the page. However, once you have it set up, you can assign roles and add other accounts as administrators.
To create a Business Manager:
- Go to
- Click Create Account.
- Enter a name for your business, your name and work email address and click Next.
- Enter your business details and click Submit.
Steps to accept an invitation to Business Manager:
- Go to Business Settings.
- Click Requests.
- Click Received.
- Accept or decline requests.
- Enter your password and click Save Changes.
To get to your Facebook Ads Manager, you can head to the left sidebar and click on the "Ad Center" drop-down arrow of any Facebook page, choose “All Ads” from the drop-down (or you can use the Facebook Ads Manager mobile app, which we will mention below), and click on "Ads Manager" at the bottom of the page (shown in
Go to Page Roles in the left column and type a name or email in the Assign a new Page role box and select the person from the list that appears. Then click the Editor button to select a role from the dropdown menu. Click the Add button and enter your password to confirm.
The person you're trying to add as an admin for your Facebook page must have a Facebook account, whether it is a personal profile or a business account. Facebook pages are their own entities, and people who administer them are not necessarily visible to people who like the page.
How to Add an Admin to Your Facebook Ads Account
- 2Click the Ads Manager link on the left sidebar.
- 3Click the Settings link on the left sidebar.
- 4Scroll down to the Permissions section and click the Add a User button on the right side.
- 6Choose General User or Reports Only from the drop-down menu.
- 7Click Add.
If you're an admin:
- From your News Feed, click Pages in the left menu.
- Go to your Page and click Page Settings in the bottom left.
- Click Page Roles in the left column.
- Type a name or email in the box and select the person from the list that appears.
- Click Editor to select a role from the dropdown menu.
Note: You can create only 2 Business Manager accounts. If you need more, please work with someone else in your organization to create additional Business Manager accounts.
Log into your Facebook page, then click "Edit Page" under your page's name in the left pane. Click "Manage Permissions" in the list of settings in the left column.
If you are a Business Manager admin, you can also approve partner requests in this way:
- Log in to your Business Manager.
- Go to Business Settings from your left sidebar. Then, click Requests.
- Click on the Received tab. You should see businesses that have requested access to your Page here.
- Click Approve or Decline.
First, go to your Business Manager and click
on Security Center. Click the button to “Start Verification.”
How to Verify Your Business
- Confirm Your Identity.
- Enter Business Details.
- Select Your Business.
- Confirm Your Business Details and Get a Verification Code.
Business managers might oversee a specific department within a large company. In smaller companies, they might oversee all departments. In either case, they're the captains that manage daily activities, supervise work, and push toward financial and operational objectives.
To add people to assets:
- Open Business Settings.
- Click People.
- Select a person.
- Click Assign Assets and select a type of asset.
- Toggle on tasks you'd like to grant to the person.
- Select the specific assets you'd like to share access to, and choose a role.
- Click Save Changes.
To assign or change a Page Owner:
- From your News Feed, click Pages in the left menu.
- Go to your Page.
- Click Settings.
- Click Page Transparency.
- Below Assign Page Owner, click Assign.
- Choose a verified Business Manager or disclaimer and click Assign.
Steps to change your primary Page in Business Manager:
- Go to Business Settings.
- Click Business Info.
- Next to your Business Manager name, Business Manager ID and current primary Page, click Edit. Select the Page you want to make primary.
- Click Save.
Steps to remove people from your Business Manager:
- Go to Business Settings.
- Click Users.
- Click People.
- Select the person you want to remove.
- Click and click Remove.
In a subtle yet significant change for Facebook Page owners, the original creator of Pages can now be removed as an administrator by any other of the administrators of that Page.
