How to remove an admin from a Facebook Page, and why you should add a second one first

The short answer

On a Page, people with full control (Meta calls it "Facebook access") can add and remove other people. In the current Pages experience you open Settings, then Page access (the exact names change, so check Meta's current help page), find the person, and remove their access. You cannot remove the last person with full control.

Before you remove anyone: the safe order

1. Add the new person first. Give them full control, not just a task role such as content or ads.
2. Check who owns the business portfolio. If the Page and the ad account sit in a Meta business portfolio (Business Manager), the portfolio has its own admins. Removing someone from the Page does not remove them from the portfolio.
3. Check the ad account and its card. Note who pays and who can change the payment method.
4. Remove the leaving person last, and change anything they could have saved (passwords you share, tokens, connected apps).

If a co-founder removed you

• Do not try to get in through their login. It can breach the platform's rules and may be unlawful.
• Save evidence now: screenshots of the Page, its history and ad receipts that show you paid.
• Ask in writing for full control to be restored by a date. Keep the tone calm and factual.
• Platform support usually helps only current admins. It does not decide who the rightful founder is, so a written agreement and a second admin from day one matter more than any appeal.
• Read the co-founder dispute and access guide for the full order of steps.

Set it up so this never happens

• At least two people with full control of every Page and business portfolio.
• A project email address as a recovery contact, not a personal inbox.
• Two-factor authentication on every admin, with the backup codes stored in a shared vault.
• A written record of who controls what. The free access audit takes two minutes.

I run a Facebook Page and ad account with a co-founder. Help me make sure no single person can lock the others out. I am not asking for anything that breaks platform rules.
Our setup: [PAGE NAME, WHO HAS FULL CONTROL, WHO HAS TASK ACCESS, WHETHER WE USE A META BUSINESS PORTFOLIO, WHO OWNS THE AD ACCOUNT AND CARD].
1) List the changes in the safest order, using Meta's current menu names and saying where you are unsure. 2) Draft a friendly message asking my co-founder to add a second full-control admin. 3) Tell me what to save as evidence of who paid for ads.

Frequently asked questions

Related

• Access audit
• What if my co-founder leaves? checklist
• Who owns the domain when co-founders split up?
• All co-founder guides