Instagram ad account disabled: it is the same Meta account, and here is where to look
Instagram ads run through the same Meta ad account and business portfolio as Facebook ads. If you cannot promote posts on Instagram, the restriction is almost always on the ad account, the business portfolio, or the connected Facebook Page, not on Instagram itself. Account Quality shows which.
Three places it can be
- The ad account. Most common. Promotions from the Instagram app fail with a generic message. The reason is in Account Quality.
- The business portfolio. Everything under it stops, including Instagram. The review is against the portfolio.
- The Instagram account itself, for Community Guidelines issues. That is appealed from within Instagram, and it is a different process from advertising restrictions.
Find it
Log in to Facebook with the profile that administers the business and open Account Quality. Restricted assets are listed by type. If the ad account is listed, use the guide matching the named policy. If nothing is listed there but Instagram promotions still fail, check whether the Instagram account is connected to the right business portfolio and Page.
The one-paragraph review request
Factual and short. It uses the policy wording Account Quality shows you, which is the wording Meta's standards are written in.
"Ad account [ID] was restricted on [date]. Account Quality names [policy]. We have reviewed every active and recent ad and landing page against the Advertising Standards. [We found nothing that conflicts with that policy / We found X and removed it on date.] The account belongs to [legal business name], [website], [registration or tax ID if you have one]. We have completed verification where prompted. We request a review of this restriction. Attached: [business registration, ID, recent invoices, landing page screenshots]."
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