How to remove location from facebook business page 2022

Do you ever come across a task that should be straightforward yet it somehow takes an hour to figure out? Our office recently moved and I was asked to change the address and map on our Facebook page. No problem… sounds pretty simple. Although we spend a lot of time on Facebook pages, changing a business address is something that we rarely do. How hard can it be.. right?

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Here’s how you think it should work

In a perfect world, you should simply navigate to the “About” section on the Facebook page using the left-hand navigation. This is where the map is located.

You should then just have to click on “Edit Page Info” on the top right and open a pop-up window.

You then should be able to follow the instructions that clearly say “Drag Map to Reposition” (it’s written right on the map). You should then just move the map pin to your desired location, click “Save Changes” and move on with your life.

One problem. When you go and look at your map again, the pin reverts back to the old location. You can follow the same procedure again and again if you want (hence the “it took me an hour to figure this out” part). And you’ll also have the map pin end up in the old location every time.

Here’s the workaround

Instead of trying to fix the map on the About -> Overview tab, click through to About -> Page Info. Hover over your business address and click the “Edit” that appears.

Now you’ll see the address and map again. Edit them both here and click “Save Changes”. Some people have claimed that they’ve had to also uncheck the “Show map and check-ins on the Page” box before saving the new location but I have never needed to.

Go check your map now. BOOM!

You’re welcome.

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• You can delete a Facebook business page permanently in a few quick steps. 
• Unpublishing your page may be a better option when you just want to remove it from public view.
• Facebook page administrators are the only users allowed to delete or unpublish a page.

Creating a Facebook business page is a fairly quick process. Removing or deleting a business page is quick, too.

There are two ways to "remove" a Facebook business page from public view. You can delete a page (remove it forever) or change the page's status to "unpublished." 

How to delete a Facebook business page

Deleting a page is permanent. You will receive no email notice from Facebook confirming your deletion. Your page will just disappear on its scheduled date. Be sure you're ready to remove it before you begin.

1. Switch to your Facebook page's profile and click this link to get to the Settings & Privacy screen.

2. Click the View button beside Deactivation and deletion.

3. Click Delete Page and then Continue and follow the prompt.

Your page is now scheduled for deletion. It will be deleted after 14 days. You can cancel a deletion by going to your page and clicking Cancel deletion at the top of the page. The page will no longer be recoverable once 14 days have passed.

How to unpublish a Facebook business page

Unpublishing a page removes it from public view. This might be useful when you want to update or make a change to your Facebook business page. It can be reactivated at any time. 

1. Switch to your Facebook page's profile and click this link to get to the Settings & Privacy screen.

2. Click the View button beside Deactivation and deletion.

3. Choose Deactivate Page and select Continue and follow the prompt.

4. You'll have to answer a few questions about why you want to unpublish the page, and then click Deactivate.

How to remove a page from your Business Manager

Removing a page from Business Manager is for situations when you no longer want to manage the business page but also don't want to delete it. You must be an admin of the page in order to do this.

1. Go to Business Settings and select the business account that you want to manage.

2. Locate the page that you wish to remove in the list of pages and click on the Trash can icon to remove it.

Kyle Wilson is an editor for the Reference team, based in British Columbia, Canada. Outside of Insider, his work has also appeared in publications like The Verge, VICE, Kotaku, and more. He periodically guest co-hosts the Saturday tech show "Tech Talk" on the iHeartRadio station C-FAX 1070. Feel free to reach out to him on Twitter, where he can be found most of the time, @KWilsonMG.

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