Meta ad accounts

GuidedWe check at Meta that the access is there.

Your client signs in with Facebook and picks the ad account, then shares it with your Business Manager on Meta’s own screen, with our steps and your business ID to paste beside it. Meta’s API does not let a new app do this step: Meta closed that part of it to new apps in 2021. When the client comes back to the box, we ask Meta whether the access has arrived.

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In preview: sign-up is by invitation, and until Meta and Google approve the app, it works with simulated and test accounts only.

Northlight Digital would like access to your Meta accounts

Access goes to

Northlight Digital330099887766001

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This step is quicker on a computer, where Meta opens beside this box. You can also do it here.

Hazel & Rye AdsMeta ad accountOne step left
Finish Hazel & Rye Ads on Meta’s own screen
1. In Settings, click Partners under Users in the menu on the left.
2. Click Add, then select Give a partner access to your assets.
3. Enter the business portfolio ID of Northlight Digital, then click Next.The agency's business ID330099887766001
4. Choose Ad accounts and tick the ad account with this ID.Ad account ID1203345567
5. Under Partial access, switch on Manage campaigns. Leave Manage ad accounts under Full access off.
6. Click Assign assets.
If Meta says that someone else with full control has to approve, ask them to approve it under Requests in Settings. The access arrives when they have.
Open Meta Business Settings

Finishing removes your sign-in. Anything still waiting is listed after.

The step a client finishes on Meta’s own screen, and the check afterward.

The same steps as a guide your client can read: How to give an agency access to a Meta ad account

What you can ask for

You pick one level when you create the link. Each is shown with Meta’s own name for it.

ViewView performanceSee ads and results. Cannot create or change anything.
StandardManage campaignsCreate and edit ads and see results. Cannot change payment methods or who has access. A new link starts here.
AdminManage ad accountEverything, including payment methods, spending limits and who has access. Needs a verified agency.

What you give us once

Nothing typed. You sign in with Facebook once and pick the Business Manager that receives access. Its name and ID are read from Meta.

What your client needs

A Facebook profile with full control of the business portfolio the ad account is in.

If the person who opens the link is not that person, the same link works for whoever is.

When it counts as given

Your client does the step on Meta’s own screen. We then read at Meta that the access is there, and your dashboard says Checked with the date.

Removing the access later

The access is given on Meta, so it is removed there. Your client does this:

In Meta Business Suite, open Settings for your business portfolio, then Partners. You need full control of the portfolio.
Select the agency, choose Options, then Remove from business portfolio.
Choose Remove partner. This removes the agency as a partner of your business portfolio.

What to check on every platform when an agency leaves is in How to remove an old agency's access to your Meta and Google accounts.

Guides

How to give an agency access to a Meta ad account
Share your Meta ad account with your agency as a partner, pick Manage campaigns or View performance, and keep billing and ownership with you.

Questions

Why is a Meta ad account not shared through the API, like a Page?

Meta closed that part of its API to new apps in 2021. So the client does it in Settings, under Partners, and the box shows each step.

What does my client paste?

Your business portfolio ID. It is read from Meta when you connect your Business Manager and shown in the box with a copy button, so nobody types it.

What if someone else at the client has to approve it?

Meta can ask another person with full control to approve the share. The box says so, and the access arrives when they have approved it under Requests in Settings. The link stays open until then.

Checked against

www.facebook.com/business/help/1717412048538897, Meta’s help, read November 14, 2026
www.facebook.com/business/help/1242256693745272, Meta’s help, read November 14, 2026
www.facebook.com/business/help/2222659621282858, Meta’s help, read November 14, 2026