Removing Developer Accounts with no active app roles

This blog post was updated on May 17, 2023 at 1:30pm PST to reflect that this change does not impact personal Facebook accounts.

This blog post was updated on May 5, 2023 at 11:45am PST to reflect that this change does not impact personal Facebook accounts.

In continued efforts to keep our platform secure, we are removing developers with no active app roles starting May 28, 2023. App Roles allow you to control access to your app while it is in Development mode. As such, to keep your developer account registration active, we ask that you create an app or receive a role on an existing app before May 28, 2023. If your developer account is not associated with an app by this date, your developer account will become unregistered. If you received an email or notification from Meta, at one point you registered an account on the Facebook developer site. If you don't recall setting up a developer account or don't use a developer account, you can disregard this notification. Unregistration will only apply to developer accounts; this change doesn't impact personal Facebook or business accounts.

We value your contribution to building tools to make the world more connected, and we appreciate your cooperation and commitment to improving our privacy and security standards.

FAQ

Q: Does this impact my personal Facebook account?

No, as we clarified on the Meta Developer Blog, this will only impact developer accounts.

Q: Why did I receive a notification about this?

A: You received this notification because at some point you registered an account on the Facebook developer site.

You can check whether you have a developer account by navigating to Developer Settings. If you are a registered developer, you will see all the developer settings. If you are not a registered developer you will see a prompt saying ‘Become a Facebook Developer - Register Now’.

Q. I don’t have a developer account. What does this notice mean?

A: If you don’t recall creating a developer account on Developer Settings or don’t use a developer account, you can disregard this notification.

You can check whether you have a developer account by navigating to Developer Settings. If you are a registered developer, you will see all the developer settings. If you are not a registered developer you will see a prompt saying ‘Become a Facebook Developer - Register Now’.

Q: I am an active developer and do not want my account shut down, what should I do?

A: To keep your developer account registration active, we ask that you create an app or receive a role on an existing app before May 28, 2023.

Q: Does this impact any of my other developer accounts like my Oculus developer account or Meta Spark developer account?

A: No. This notification only impacts your Facebook developer account.

Q: If I received this notification, will it affect my Facebook Business page?

A: No. The notification will only impact Facebook developer account. No other personal or business Facebook accounts will be impacted.