How to Fix the “Authenticate Your Account” Error in Meta Ads Manager
UPDATE: June 2026 - These 4 steps consistently make it work
There are 4 steps to make this work
1. Login adsmanager.facebook.com in INCOGNITO MODE on your chrome browser
2. Hit the ads tab. You just need to change the ad’s name and then hit Publish
Hit the edit button.
3. Stay on the page and this triggers the authentication error bug in adsmanager.facebook.com
4. Then we go to admanage.ai/teams and re-authenticate your workspace.
Click start authentication. And then your security will be reset. Please go back to admanage and re-authenticate. Worst case scenario. If this doesn’t work then you can change your password (which de-activates all API connections) and then re-authenticate your workspace.
If you’ve ever seen this message while launching or updating ads, you’re not alone:
“We think someone may have tried to access your account without permission. For your protection, you won’t be able to create or modify ads until you authenticate your account in Ads Manager.”
This is normal, it’s an ongoing bug in Meta as of March 2026.
Meta’s official recommendation (screenshot)
TLDR:
- Go to edit ad and try changing the link and hit save. That sometimes triggers it.
- If not try the same changing setting on ad set or campaign that usually works.
- OR Use another user’s Meta Token instead of yours who isn’t blocked and that’s a quick way to get around this. So have them re-authenticate the workspace.
- Last case scenario is changing your Facebook password to reset your authentication and re-authenticating in admanage.