Facebook Groups are a great way to connect with other users who have a common interest, whether that be a passion, a particular line of work, or even a location.
Community Facebook groups are among the most popular types of group on the platform right now, with villages, towns, and even individual roads creating their own groups to keep residents informed of updates and to act as a form of neighbourhood watch. Other popular styles of group include groups who share recommendations and tips, post advice, and facilitate connections between likeminded people across Facebook.
Of course, any Facebook group that’s created needs committed admin members to accept new members and help to control and manage content.
Being an admin member of a Facebook group is a responsibility that varies depending on the group – with some private groups requiring all new members to be accepted before they can view content and post, while others are more relaxed.
In this article, we’re sharing the process of how to add a new admin member to a Facebook group, spreading the responsibility between more users.
Who Can Add an Admin Member to a Group?
Any admin member of a Facebook group can make someone else admin or give them moderator status.
Once a group member has been made admin, they have the power to manage group settings, approve or deny new members, remove people from the group, pin and unpin posts, and even remove or delete user comments on individual posts.
5 Steps to Add a New Admin Member
The following steps can be followed by any admin member of a group, to invite a new user to join the admin team.
- Click on the menu button in your Facebook app and select ‘Groups’ from the block menu
- Click on ‘Your Groups’ at the top and then select the group that you want to add an admin member to via the ‘Groups You Manage’ menu
- Once in the group page, click on the badge icon along the top of the screen
- Scroll down and click on ‘People’
The list of People that appears will position all existing admin members at the top of the page. Scroll down past this list until you reach a new list, titled ‘Friends’.
5. Click on the name of the user who you want to add as an admin member, and then select ‘Add XX as Admin’
Once done, that user will become an admin member of the group.
Can You Remove Admin Members?
As an admin member of a group, you also have the power to remove admin status from other users.
To do this, scroll back up to that list of existing Admin members and click on any name. Tap ‘Remove XX as an Admin’ to strip them of their group control and return them to regular member status.
With the process of adding and removing admin so easy to follow, group managers and creators can easily spread the responsibilities of administrators between multiple group members. This becomes particularly important as your group grows and becomes more popular.
Happy creating!
