Permissions provide a way for your app to access data from Facebook. Getting permissions for your app, involves the following steps:
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, you must submit your app for app review so Facebook can confirm that the app uses the data in intended ways and safeguards user privacy.To pass app review, it is important that you ask for only the permissions your app needs to function. Asking for unnecessary permissions is a common reason for rejection during app review.
For more information about permissions, see Permissions with Facebook Login.
The largest number of permissions is requested through Facebook Login, but some are requested through Instagram. In addition, businesses holding a system_user token and so functioning as a user can grant permissions through Business Manager.
For lists of permissions granted through Facebook Login and Instagram, see the following sections:
Access to any Permission that is granted by default or through App Review can be used to request analytics insights to improve your app and for marketing or advertising purposes, through the use of aggregated and de-identified or anonymized information (provided such data cannot be re-identified).
If a permission for which you have been approved gets deprecated, you can use the app dashboard to remove that permission from your app just as you would to remove a permission you no longer use.
Every permission below requires App Review except for email
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ads_management | The ads_management permission allows your app to both read and manage the Ads account it owns, or has been granted access to, by the Ad account owner. Allowed Usage
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ads_read | The ads_read permission allows your app to access the Ads Insights API to pull Ads report information for Ad accounts you own or have been granted access to by the owner or owners of other ad accounts through this permission. This permissions also grants your app access to the Server-Side API to allow advertisers to send web events from their servers directly to Facebook. Allowed Usage
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attribution_read | The attribution_read permission grants your app access to the Attribution API to pull attribution report data for lines of business you own or have been granted access to by the owner or owners of other lines of business. Allowed Usage
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business_management | The business_management permission allows your app to read and write with the Business Manager API. Allowed Usage
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catalog_management | The catalog_management permission allows your app to create, read, update and delete business-owned product catalogs that the user is an admin of. Allowed Usage
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The email permission allows your app to read a person's primary email address. Allowed Usage
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groups_access_member_info | The groups_access_member_info permission allows your app to read publicly available group member information like name and ID if the post author has granted your app access. Allowed Usage
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instagram_basic | The instagram_basic permission allows your app to read an Instagram account profile's info and media. Allowed Usage
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instagram_manage_comments | The instagram_manage_comments permission allows your app to create, delete and hide comments on behalf of the Instagram account linked to a Page. Your app can also read and respond to public media and comments that a business has been photo tagged or @mentioned in. Allowed Usage
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instagram_manage_insights | The instagram_manage_insights permission allows your app to get access to insights for the Instagram account linked to a Facebook Page. Your app can also discover and read the profile info and media of other business profiles. Allowed Usage
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leads_retrieval | The leads_retrieval permission allows your app to retrieve and read all information captured by a lead ads form associated with an ad created in Ads Manager or the Marketing API. Allowed Usage
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pages_manage_ads | The pages_manage_ads permission allows your app to manage ads associated with the Page. Allowed Usage
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pages_manage_cta | The pages_manage_cta permission allows your app to carry out POST and DELETE functions on endpoints used to manage call-to-action buttons on a Facebook Page. Allowed Usage
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pages_manage_instant_articles | The pages_manage_instant_articles permission allows your app to manage Instant Articles on behalf of Facebook Pages administered by people using your app. Allowed Usage
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pages_manage_engagement | The pages_manage_engagement permission allows your app to create, edit and delete comments posted on the Page. Allowed Usage
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pages_manage_metadata | The pages_manage_metadata permission allows your app to subscribe and receive webhooks about activity on the Page, and to update settings on the Page. Allowed Usage
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pages_manage_posts | The pages_manage_posts permission allows your app to create, edit and delete your Page posts. Allowed Usage
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pages_messaging | The pages_messaging permission allows your app to manage and access Page conversations in Messenger. Allowed Usage
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pages_read_engagement | The pages_read_engagement permission allows your app to read content (posts, photos, videos, events) posted by the Page, read followers data (including name, PSID), and profile picture, and read metadata and other insights about the Page. Allowed Usage
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pages_read_user_content | The pages_read_user_content permission allows your app to read user generated content on the Page, such as posts, comments, and ratings by users or other Pages, and to delete user comments on Page posts. Allowed Usage
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pages_show_list | The pages_show_list permission allows your app to access the list of Pages a person manages. Allowed Usage
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pages_user_gender | The pages_user_gender permission allows your app to access a user's gender through the Page your app is connected to. Allowed Usage
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pages_user_locale | The pages_user_locale permission allows your to app to a user's locale through the Page your app is connected to. Allowed Usage
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pages_user_timezone | The pages_user_timezone permission grants your app access to a user's time zone through the Page your app is connected to. Allowed Usage
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publish_to_groups | The publish_to_groups permission allows your app to post content into a Group on behalf of a person if they've granted your app access. Allowed Usage
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publish_video | The publish_video permission allows your app to publish live videos to an app user's timeline. Allowed Usage
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read_insights | The read_insights permission allows your app to read the Insights data for Pages, apps and web domains the person owns. Allowed Usage
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user_age_range | The user_age_range permission allows your app to access a person's age range as listed in their Facebook profile. Allowed Usage
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user_birthday | The user_birthday permission allows your app to read a person's birthday as listed in their Facebook profile. Allowed Usage
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user_friends | The user_friends permission allows your app to get a list of a person's friends using that app. Allowed Usage
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user_gender | The user_gender permission allows your app to read a person's gender as listed in their Facebook profile. Allowed Usage
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user_hometown | The user_hometown permission allows your app to read a person's hometown location from their Facebook profile. Allowed Usage
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user_likes | The user_likes permission allows your app to read a list of all Facebook Pages that a user has liked. Allowed Usage
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user_link | The user_link permission allows your app to access the Facebook profile URL of the person using your app. Allowed Usage
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user_location | The user_location permission allows your app to read the city name as listed in the location field of a person's Facebook profile. Allowed Usage
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user_photos | The user_photos permission allows your app to read the photos a person has uploaded to Facebook. Allowed Usage
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user_posts | The user_posts permission allows your app to access the posts that a user has made on their timeline. Allowed Usage
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user_videos | The user_videos permission allows your app to read a list of videos uploaded by a person. Allowed Usage
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whatsapp_business_management | The whatsapp_business_management permission allows your app to read and/or manage WhatsApp business assets you own or have been granted access to by other businesses through this permission. Allowed Usage
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manage_pages | Deprecated for v7.0+. |
publish_pages | Deprecated for v7.0+. |
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instagram_graph_user_media | The instagram_graph_user_media permission allows your app to read the Media node, which represents an image, video, or album and the node’s edges. Allowed Usage
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instagram_graph_user_profile | The instagram_graph_user_profile permission allows your app to read the app user's profile. Allowed Usage
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