Manage posts for your Facebook group
Public groups
Public groups
In public groups, visitors (people who aren’t members) can post and comment if admins allow, and people can become members without admin approval. You can still review and approve people before they can post or comment.
There are two main tools for managing posts by visitors and members:
Participant Approval:
you can approve members and visitors before they post or comment for the first time. Once someone is approved as a participant, you can still require admin approval of their future posts using post approval.
Post Approval:
you can approve all posts before they’re published, including posts by members and visitors approved as participants.
Here’s what settings to use depending on how you want to manage posts:
Members and visitors can post and comment without admin approval
Participant Approval
Off
Post Approval
Off
Members and visitors can comment without admin approval
Admin approval required for all posts by members and visitors
Participant Approval
Off
Post Approval
On
Approval required for members and visitors posting and commenting for the first time
Members and visitors approved as participants can post without admin approval
Participant Approval
On
Post Approval
Off
Admin approval required for all posts
Admin approval required for comments by anyone commenting or posting for the first time
Participant Approval
On
Post Approval
On
You can also preapprove some members
to post and comment without admin approval, and you can allow approved participants to review participant requests from their friends to help admins and moderators save time. If you don’t want to turn on post approval but are worried about spam, you can use the Potential Spam folder
.
Learn more about the differences between a member, visitor and participant
in public groups.
Participant Approval
Turn on Participant Approval
1.
Tap 
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Group Settings
.
3.
Below Participation
, tap Participant Approval
, then tap On
.
Approve or decline participants
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Participant Requests
.
3.
If you’d like, you can filter requests by tapping Request Age, Rules, Location, Profile Type, Gender
or Friends
at the top.
4.
You can then:
Approve
or Decline
each request.
Approve All
or Decline All
.
Tap 
, then select Decline request and mute
or Decline request and ban
.
, then select Decline request and mute
or Decline request and ban
.You can set up participation questions to help you decide whether or not to approve a participant.
Allow approved participants to review participant requests from their friends
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Group settings
.
3.
Below Participation
, tap Who can grant participation
.
4.
Select Admins, moderators and approved participants
.
Set up participation questions
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Group Settings
.
3.
Below Participation
, tap Participant questions
.
4.
Tap Add question
, then add your questions.
5.
Next to Group Rules
, tap 
to ask first-time participants to agree to the Group Rules.
to ask first-time participants to agree to the Group Rules.Post Approval
Group admins can choose to require admin or moderator approval before posts appear in the group. Admins can also choose to require edited posts to be approved by an admin or moderator before they’re published.
Require post approval
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Group settings
.
3.
Below Manage discussion
, tap Require post approval
, then tap On
.
Require edited posts to be approved
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Group settings
.
3.
Below Manage discussion
, tap Approve edits
then tap On
.
Note:
If an admin turns on the Approve edits
setting, edited posts will appear in Pending posts
for admins and moderators to review. If an admin turns Approve edits
off, people can edit their posts without admin or moderator approval.
Not all changes to group posts are considered edits. Edits include changes to the content of posts, including when new content is added to a post.
If someone suggests a new chat to attach to their post, the chat suggestion will appear in Pending approvals
for admin and moderator review (whether or not the Approve edits
setting is on for the group); if an admin or moderator approves the suggestion, the chat will be created and attached to the post.
Approve or decline posts or edited posts
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Pending Posts
.
3.
You can then:
Approve
or Reject
each pending post.
Approve or reject multiple pending posts by tapping 
at the top of the page, unchecking any post you don’t want to include in the bulk action, then tapping Approve
or Reject
.
at the top of the page, unchecking any post you don’t want to include in the bulk action, then tapping Approve
or Reject
.Tap
to either Approve Post and Preapprove Author
, Delete post and block author
or Decline Post and Give Feedback
.
to either Approve Post and Preapprove Author
, Delete post and block author
or Decline Post and Give Feedback
.Any group admin or moderator can approve a post.
Note:
Facebook may disable the group
if an admin or moderator approves violating content from a group member.
Private groups
Private groups
If you're an admin of a group, you can choose to require admin approval before posts by members appear in your group. Admins can also choose to require edited posts to be approved by an admin or moderator before they’re published.
Require post approval
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Group settings
.
3.
Below Manage discussion
, tap Require post approval
, then tap On
.
Require edited posts to be approved
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Group settings
.
3.
Below Manage discussion
, tap Approve edits
, then tap On
.
Note:
If an admin turns on the Approve edits
setting, edited posts will appear in Pending posts
for admins and moderators to review. If an admin turns Approve edits
off, members can edit their posts without admin or moderator approval.
Not all changes to group posts are considered edits. Edits include changes to the content of posts, including when new content is added to a post.
If someone suggests a new chat to attach to their post, the chat suggestion will appear in Pending approvals
for admin and moderator review (whether or not the Approve edits
setting is on for the group); if an admin or moderator approves the suggestion, the chat will be created and attached to the post.
Approve or decline posts or edited posts
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
, then tap Pending Posts
.
3.
You can then:
Approve
or Reject
each pending post.
Approve or reject multiple pending posts by tapping
at the top of the page, unchecking any post you don’t want to include in the bulk action, then tapping Approve
or Reject
.
at the top of the page, unchecking any post you don’t want to include in the bulk action, then tapping Approve
or Reject
.Tap
to either Approve Post and Preapprove Author
, Delete post and ban author
or Decline Post and Give Feedback
.
to either Approve Post and Preapprove Author
, Delete post and ban author
or Decline Post and Give Feedback
.Any group admin or moderator can approve a post. You can preapprove some members
to post in your group without admin or moderator approval.
Note:
Facebook may disable the group
if an admin or moderator approves violating content from a group member.
Automatically manage posts
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
.
3.
Tap Admin Assist
.
4.
Below Manage Posts
, tap Decline incoming post if
.
5.
Tap a preset criteria and tap Edit criteria
, then tap Apply
or tap Add
in the top right, then select your criteria and tap Apply
.
Note that Admin Assist will automatically decline a pending post if any criteria is met.
Automatically manage comments
1.
Tap
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.
in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups
and select your group.2.
Tap Manage
.
3.
Tap Admin Assist
.
4.
Below Manage Comments
, tap Decline comment if
.
5.
Tap a preset criteria and tap Edit criteria
, then tap Apply
or tap Add
in the top right, then select your criteria and tap Apply
.
Note that Admin Assist will automatically decline a comment if any criteria is met.
