Can’t Post or Comment in a Facebook Group? Why, and What You Can Do

Admins can limit members in their own group. Meta lists three tools: a temporary suspension, a limit on how often you can post or comment, and slowed-down comments on a post.

1. Open the group and look for a notice near the top, or where the post box should be. It often says what’s limited and for how long.
2. Check your notifications for a message from the group.
3. Read the group’s rules (usually in the group’s About section). Many groups limit promotions, links or how often you can post.
4. If you’re suspended for a set time, wait for it to end. Admin suspensions are controlled by the group’s admins.
5. If you think it’s a mistake, message one of the group’s admins politely. You can usually find them in the group’s members list.

Meta has help pages for group suspensions (external site, opens in a new tab), limits on how often you can post or comment (external site, opens in a new tab) and slowed-down comments (external site, opens in a new tab).

Meta says Facebook may temporarily turn off your ability to post, comment or participate in groups, for reasons such as Community Standards violations. Meta recommends checking your Support Inbox.

1. Open your Support Inbox: on facebook.com, go to facebook.com/settings?tab=support (external site, opens in a new tab). Look for messages about groups.
2. Open Profile status (profile photo > ⋯ > Profile Settings > More options > Profile status) and check Content removed and any active restriction with its end date.
3. Wait for the end date. Meta’s strike rules and restriction lengths are in Facebook jail: restricted account.
4. If Facebook removed content you think follows the rules, Meta says it usually offers a way to request a review. See how to ask for a review.

A pending post is waiting for an admin to approve it. Some groups review every post. Meta also says Facebook may require group admins to approve your posts as a restriction.

1. Check whether the group says new posts need approval (often in the post box or the group’s rules). Meta says admins can turn on Require post approval, so every post waits in Pending posts until an admin or moderator approves it.
2. Edited a post and it disappeared? Meta says admins can also turn on Approve edits, which sends edited posts back to Pending posts for review.
3. New to the group? In private groups with limited membership, Meta says new members can see posts and react but can’t post, comment or chat until an admin approves them to participate. In public groups, participant approval can hold your first post or comment for review.
4. Give admins time. Busy groups can take a while, and some admins review in batches.
5. Don’t post the same thing again and again while it’s pending. That can look like spam.
6. If your posts need approval in every group, check your Support Inbox and Profile status (Fix 2). Facebook may be requiring approval.
7. If an admin declines your post, read the group rules before trying again. Meta says admins can decline a post and give feedback, and that Admin Assist can automatically decline posts that match criteria the admin chose, so a decline may happen without a person looking at it.

If you have additional profiles, Meta explains how a suspension affects them. This isn’t a way around a limit. It explains what you’ll see.

1. Meta says your profiles that are already in the group and aren’t suspended or banned can still take part.
2. Meta says profiles that aren’t already in the group can’t see, join or take part in it until the suspension ends.

If there’s no notice about a limit, and posting fails with an error, the post itself or the app may be the problem.

1. Try the post without any link. If it goes through, the link may be blocked.
2. Try a smaller photo or video, on Wi-Fi.
3. Update the Facebook app, or try posting from facebook.com.
4. For “Something went wrong” errors, see Something went wrong when posting.