Business Manager restricted. How do I recover it?

A Business Manager restriction affects everything underneath it — all ad accounts, pages, and pixels. It is more serious than a single ad account restriction and usually requires identity or business document verification to resolve.

What this means

A Business Manager restriction affects everything underneath it — all ad accounts, pages, and pixels.

Quick steps

Check business.facebook.com/accountquality for Business Manager status
Go to Business Settings > Security Center for pending verifications
Check if any admin users have restricted personal accounts
Complete Business Verification with registration documents
Submit review at the Business Manager level, not ad account level

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