How to Become an Admin and Check Admin Status on a Facebook Page (2026)

Check your admin status on a Facebook Page

On a desktop browser, the check takes under a minute:

1. 1

   Log in to facebook.com, click your profile photo in the top right, then click See all profiles and select your Page to switch into it.

2. 2

   Click the Page's profile picture in the top right to go to the Page.

3. 3

   Click Settings & privacy, then Settings.

4. 4

   Click Page setup, then Page access.

5. 5

   Look under People with Facebook access. Your name with Full control means you are an admin. A name under People with task access means you can post but not manage the Page.

6. 6

   If a Business Account is listed on this screen, the Page is managed through a Meta business portfolio. Check your access there as well (steps below).

Facebook Page access levels: full control vs task access

The levels look similar on the surface, and both let you post. The difference shows up when you try to manage settings or connect tools.

There are two more variants you may see: Facebook access with partial control, which manages content but not people or settings, and Community Manager access, which only moderates live stream chats. Neither can authorize tool connections.

How to become an Admin on a Facebook Page

There is no request button. An existing person with full control has to add you. Send them these steps:

1. 1

   Switch into the Page, then open Settings & privacy, Settings, Page setup, Page access.

2. 2

   Next to People with Facebook access, click Add New.

3. 3

   Click Next, type the person's name or email, and select them.

4. 4

   Turn on Allow this person to have full control if they should be an admin.

5. 5

   Click Give Access, then enter your Facebook password and click Confirm.

The person receives an email invitation and gets access once they accept it. Every Page needs at least one person with full control, so Facebook may block removals that would leave the Page without one.

Check admin access in Meta Business Suite

When a Page belongs to a business portfolio, access is granted through Business settings rather than on the Page itself:

1. 1

   Go to business.facebook.com/settings and pick the business portfolio that owns the Page.

2. 2

   Below Accounts, click Pages and select the Page.

3. 3

   Click Assign people to see who has access and at which level. Full control listed next to your name is the admin equivalent.

4. 4

   To grant access, click Add person, enter their email, click Next, choose the access level, and send the invitation.

Why Velocity asks for Page admin access

Velocity's Instagram connection runs through Meta's API, and Meta links every Creator or Business Instagram account to a Facebook Page. During the Facebook login step, Meta only lists Pages where you hold full control, so task access or no access means your Page never shows up in the connect flow.

Once your admin status checks out, the remaining steps are switching Instagram to a Creator or Business account and connecting your Facebook Page to that Instagram account.