# Connecting Instagram & Facebook

Step-by-step OAuth setup for Meta platforms, and common errors.

Instagram and Facebook both require Meta OAuth. They have different requirements — Instagram needs a Business or Creator account; Facebook needs you to admin a Page (not just have a personal profile).

## Instagram requirements

- An Instagram Business or Creator account (not a personal account). To switch: in the Instagram app open your profile → menu → Settings and activity → Account type and tools → Switch to professional account.
- Meta's "Activity off Meta technologies" setting must allow future activity, or Instagram refuses the connection. Step-by-step guide: musiclaunchapp.com/help/connect-instagram
- No Facebook Page is needed — Instagram connects on its own.
- Internet connection while you connect

## Connecting Instagram

1. **Social Hub → Connect Accounts → Instagram → Connect**

   MusicLaunch shows a short checklist, then your browser opens Instagram's sign-in page.

2. **Sign in with the Instagram Business account**

   If you have multiple Instagram accounts in your browser session, Instagram lets you pick which to authorize.

3. **Approve the requested permissions**

   You'll see a list of what MusicLaunch wants to do — Read profile, publish posts, view insights. Click "Allow".

4. **Browser returns to MusicLaunch automatically**

   A deep link brings you back to the app. The Connected Accounts panel now shows your IG handle.

## Facebook requirements

- A Facebook account that admins at least one Page (your artist Page, not your personal profile)
- The Page must be one you admin directly (connected to your personal Facebook account)
- Internet connection

## Common errors

- "Facebook connected, but no Page was found" — when Facebook asks which Pages MusicLaunch may use, make sure your artist Page is ticked (disconnect and connect again to see that screen). If your Page belongs to a Meta Business Portfolio, Facebook doesn't list it automatically: paste your Page's address into the box that appears in Connect Accounts and click Add Page. You only do this once: MusicLaunch remembers the Page. No Page yet? Create one at facebook.com/pages/create.
- Instagram says your future activity off Meta technologies is turned off — turn it back on in Meta's Accounts Center; the steps are at musiclaunchapp.com/help/connect-instagram.
- Browser opens but never returns to the app — close the app completely (Cmd+Q) and try again.
- Any other error — note the exact wording and email hello@musiclaunchapp.com.

> **Note: What each permission is for**
>
> Facebook: public_profile is Facebook's standard sign-in detail (MusicLaunch uses your name to show which account is connected; it does not ask for your email address); pages_show_list (find the Pages you manage); pages_manage_posts (publish the posts you create to your Page); pages_read_engagement (show your Page's follower count and recent posts). Instagram: instagram_business_basic (your profile and follower count); instagram_business_content_publish (publish the photo posts you create); instagram_business_manage_insights (per-post analytics). MusicLaunch doesn't read your messages or comments, and it never deletes posts.

## Step-by-step guide

- [Connect Instagram](https://www.musiclaunchapp.com/help/connect-instagram/): Business or Creator account setup, the Meta privacy setting to check, and common connection errors.

## Related articles

- [Social Hub & Connecting Accounts](https://www.musiclaunchapp.com/help/social-hub.md): Connect Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Bluesky, see what each connection can do, use copy-and-open for the rest, and reuse past posts with the Content Recycler.
- [Composing & Publishing Posts](https://www.musiclaunchapp.com/help/compose-post.md): Write posts once, publish to multiple platforms, schedule for later, or send immediately.

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- From the MusicLaunch Help Center (Social & Posting). The same guide is built into the app under Help.
- Web page: https://www.musiclaunchapp.com/help/oauth-setup-meta/
- All guides: https://www.musiclaunchapp.com/llms.txt
- Support: hello@musiclaunchapp.com