Frequently someone is added as an Admin on a Facebook page in order to some work, such as add a custom landing page. Once the work is complete, however, the person no longer needs to be an admin and can be removed.
I recommend removing all admins that are not required as it is more secure to have fewer people with full access to the page.
Recently I was asked how to an admin can be removed so here I will provide the instructions.
Instructions
- To remove an admin, you need to be an admin. Make sure that you have admin access to the page or these instructions won’t work.
- If there is only one page admin, don’t remove it. If you remove the only admin to the page, then no one will have access to edit it or make updates.
- Go to the page.
- Click on the Edit Page button.
- Go to Manage Admins on the left
- Click on the Remove Link to the right of the individual’s name and photo.
Again, I think it’s a good idea to remove temporary admins after they no longer need access. I am an admin on a lot of pages. On some of them I do ongoing work so it makes sense that I retain admin access. On others, however, I did a little work and was never removed as an admin even after reminding the client to remove my access. I suppose some people are very trusting. ;-)
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Kim,
Thank you for sharing how to do this. When I have asked others how to do something, they suggest me making them an admin, however I have been reluctant. Knowing I can remove them, makes me feel a little better :)
Hi Lynda,
It’s a trade-off. People can’t really work on the page without being an admin but sometimes we don’t want to give others access. Just remove their access as soon as the work is done.
I’m always scared of letting other companies get admin access b/c the thought of loosing hard earned fans haunts me deeply…
Hi Leeanna – Yes, it’s best to only allow someone access who you trust or who has good references.
FB settings are getting complicated and confusing. I just tried to remove an RSS feed from my notes and I couldn’t figure out how. Finally, I had to search Google and figure a way out.
With FB, I find it very difficult to ‘separate’ my pages settings from my own profiles. Btw, do you have any opinion on the “Use Facebook as ” option that comes on my pages? Does it screw up my profile further or is it harmless. Have been thinking about clicking on it for a while lol.
Hi Ajith – I work with Facebook all the time and the interface confuses me. You often do have to do a google search to do something that should be simple.
Switching to using as a page just means that you will be commenting and liking posts as your page rather than as you. I don’t really use it because it seems a little spammy but for some businesses it might make sense for me to post as the page.
Thanks for this tip. I was just wondering about this recently while at one of my pages and went away stumped. Now I’ll go and try this out.
-Jean