How To Add Admin To Instagram Account? [in 2024]

In this Instagram tutorial, we are going to share how to add an admin to the Instagram account.

If you prefer a video tutorial on how to add an admin to an Instagram account, check out this one:

This video also shows you how to add an admin an Instagram page:

How to add admin to Instagram account?

Here is how to add admin to an Instagram account:

1. Open the Meta Business Suite.
2. Navigate to the ‘Business Settings’ section, or open this link: https://business.facebook.com/settings/
3. Under ‘Users, click ‘People’
4. Click on the ‘Add’ button
5. Add the email address of the admin
6. Select Admin access and click on ‘Next’
7. Click on ‘Instagram accounts’ in the left column
8. Select the Instagram account you want to give access to.
9. Click on ‘Invite’

This person should now receive an email from Meta, where she can accept your invitation to become the admin of the Instagram account.

As you can see, you have to have an Facebook Business Suite account, if you want to add someone to the Instagram account. If you haven’t set up an Facebook Business Suite account yet, here you can find a tutorial on how to create one:

• How to create Facebook Business Suite account?

Also, first, you have to add the Instagram account to the Facebook Business Manager, before you would be able to add an admin to the Instagram account. Here you can find a tutorial on how to do that:

• How to add Instagram account to Facebook Business Manager?

Can’t add someone as admin to the Instagram account

If you can’t add someone as an admin to the Instagram account, here are the most common issues you have to fix:

• You haven’t set up your Facebook business Suite yet, or the Business suite is not working or the Facebook Business Suite is down
• You don’t have admin access in the Facebook Business Suite
• You haven’t added the Instagram account to the Meta Business suite yet
• You are not the account owner of the Instagram account
• You have invited the person with an incorrect email address. Or the person didn’t accept your invitation to become Instagram admin

How to remove Instagram admin from your Instagram account?

Here is how to remove an Instagram admin from the Instagram account:

1. Open the Meta Business Suite.
2. Navigate to the ‘Business Settings’ section, or open this link: https://business.facebook.com/settings/
3. Under ‘Accounts, click ‘Instagram accounts’
4. Select the Instagram account, you want remove that admin from
5. Under the ‘People’ tab, look for the name of the Instagram admin.
6. Click on the trash icon next to the name of the admin
7. Select ‘Confirm’ to permanently remove the admin from your Instagram account.

With this, the Instagram admin should be removed from the Instagram account, he can no longer access the Instagram account.

If you want to restrict the admin’s access, you can add him back as a user to the Instagram account.