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Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles
Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles

Improve your connection: granting NapoleonCat the right permissions to manage your social media pages

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Written by Napoleon The Cat
Updated over a year ago

At times, a glitch can occur when you're linking your social media profiles to NapoleonCat.

The most likely reason is that NapoleonCat didn't get all the necessary permissions for your Facebook or Instagram page. But hey, don't stress it. We've all been there with tech hiccups!

Noticed your profiles disconnecting? Encountering problems when replying to messages in the Social Inbox? If that sounds about right, it could mean NapoleonCat lacks some permissions.

Let's go ahead and troubleshoot this! πŸ”§


Grant NapoleonCat all the required permissions


To give NapoleonCat the necessary permissions to manage a social media profile you've previously connected, simply follow this straightforward guide:

  1. Head on over to Workspace settings in NapoleonCat

  2. Find the profile causing issues (think frequent disconnects, inability to publish posts, problems replying or hiding comments, etc)

  3. Hover over the profile and click "Edit"

    Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles in NapoleonCat

  4. Press "Reconnect"

    Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles in NapoleonCat

  5. If you're already logged in to the right Facebook account, hit "Edit settings" πŸ‘‡

    Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles in NapoleonCat

  6. If you're not, log in to your admin Facebook account, and then hit "Edit settings" πŸ‘†

  7. Choose the Facebook / Instagram pages you want to connect and click "Next":

    Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles in NapoleonCat

  8. You'll spot a list of permissions NapoleonCat needs. Make sure they're all toggled on. If not, switch on each permission:

    Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles in NapoleonCat

  9. Click on "Done" and "Okay", and voila! You'll see the "reconnect" button has turned green! You've reconnected the profile, granting it all the required permissions:

    Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles in NapoleonCat


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Missing admin role permissions

If your social media pages in NapoleonCat are causing issues, you might not have the right role permissions for those profiles.

Double-check that you have these permissions for managing your Facebook or Instagram.

πŸͺͺ Required access level for Facebook and Instagram:

1/ Facebook Page Classic: Admin or Editor role

2/ New Facebook Pages Experience: Full or Partial control

πŸ†™ If your user permissions are not sufficient, it's time to level them up.

  1. Once your permissions are all set and ready, reconnect your profiles using this method

Fix Missing Permissions Issues with Your Social Media Profiles in NapoleonCat

By now, we hope your connection issues with your social media profiles are a thing of the past...

πŸ—¨οΈ But if things still aren't quite right, just ping us on chat. Look for us in the bottom-right corner of your screen.

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