How to Remove Facebook Forms (Used in Leads Ads)

Before You Start

• To add or remove Facebook forms, you must have Facebook page administrator or editor permission. See Facebook permissions and roles  .
• To add a Facebook form, you need to add or create a custom page tab to your Facebook page. 
• Facebook mandates having at least 2,000 likes on your page   before you can add a custom tab, hence, a form to it.

As you continue launching Lead Gen Ad Campaigns on Facebook, you may find yourself with a collection of forms that may no longer hold significance to you. While Facebook does not offer the ability to delete a Facebook form, it allows you to archive it  . 

How to Archive Form(s):

1. Go to your Meta Ads Manager Account and select the Facebook Page that you have attached the Facebook Form to, then click View Page. You will be directed to that Facebook Page.
2. Click Publishing Tools.
   
3. On your left, click on the hamburger menu icon.
   
4. Click on Instant Forms. This will show you the list of forms that you have created, if any.
   
5. Here, we have several forms which we have created. We would like to archive them to reduce clutter (NOTE: Facebook does not support delete for this). Select one or more forms, and click Actions. A message will pop up asking you to archive them. Click Apply.

To Reactivate Archived Form(s):

In this Instant Forms screen, click on the Actions button. Change the status to be Archived and click Apply. You will now be presented with a list of archived forms.

Find out how to download lead data from Facebook Ads Manager   (NOTE: Leads are automatically deleted by Facebook after 90 days  , so remember to back up regularly or use XPO leads to sync over).

See also

• How to archive a Facebook form?  
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