Meta Error Codes Reference — Complete Guide
All 22 Facebook / Instagram / Business Manager error codes. Real recovery rates from 1200+ cases 2018–2026.
This is the complete reference of all Meta error codes we recover. For each code: typical message, common causes, recovery rate, typical timeline. Use it to find your specific situation.
Complete code list
| Code | Description | Timeline | Recovery rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| #956 | Community Standards (956) "Your account doesn't follow our Community Standards" — permanently disabled | 1–5 business days | 87% |
| #1015 | Post violation (1015) "We've removed something you posted for breaking Community Standards" | 1–5 business days | 92% |
| #1075 | Identity confirmation loop (1075) Endless request to confirm identity — Meta doesn't accept the document | 1–5 business days | 78% |
| #1454 | Phone verification (1454) "Confirm your phone number" — SMS not arriving or number outdated | 1–5 business days | 85% |
| #1357031 | Temporary restriction (1357031) "Your account is temporarily restricted" — 24h, 7d, 30d or indefinite | 1–5 business days | 90% |
| #1390031 | Friend requests blocked (1390031) "You can't send friend requests right now" — temporary block | 1–5 business days | 95% |
| #287 | Login approval (287) "Approve login from a new device" — 2FA code not received | 1–5 business days | 88% |
| #368 | Action blocked (368) "You're temporarily blocked from this action" — comments, likes, posts | 1–5 business days | 93% |
| #1486388 | Page unpublished (1486388) Business page no longer publicly visible — removed from search | 2–7 business days | 89% |
| #1487749 | Page advertising restricted (1487749) Page cannot create new ads — existing ones paused | 2–7 business days | 82% |
| #199 | Page Quality issue (199) Page Quality dashboard shows red flags for content or behavior | 2–7 business days | 84% |
| #group_removed | Group removed Entire group deleted — members, posts, files archive gone | 3–7 business days | 71% |
| #group_admin_lost | Admin rights revoked You were the last admin, now group has no management | 3–7 business days | 79% |
| #273 | Ads account disabled (273) Ads account disabled for policy violation — often $1k+/day loss | 5–14 business days | 76% |
| #1815764 | Business Manager disabled (1815764) Entire BM closed — all accounts, pixels, audiences inaccessible | 5–14 business days | 73% |
| #1404006 | Business asset access removed (1404006) Lost access to client's page / pixel / audience in BM | 5–14 business days | 81% |
| #458 | Daily ad spend limit (458) Daily spending limit reached, account flagged as suspicious | 5–14 business days | 90% |
| #ad_disapproved | Ad disapproved (policy) Ad creative rejected — many rejections = account block | 5–14 business days | 86% |
| #ig_disabled | Instagram disabled "Your account has been disabled" — entire Instagram profile gone | 2–5 business days | 80% |
| #ig_suspicious | Suspicious login (Instagram) Login from unknown location — account locked | 2–5 business days | 92% |
| #other | Other / unknown Describe the situation in the form — we'll diagnose for free | 1–5 business days | 75% |