Facebook Profile Status: Where to Find It and What It Means

Everything else starts here. The route depends on your device and app version, so try the one for yours first.

Meta’s own help pages also give the route Menu > your profile name > Options > Profile Status in the apps. If one route doesn’t match your screen, try the other, or use Fix 5.

The page is short, but each part answers a different question: is something wrong, what was removed, what’s limited, and for how long.

1. Read the top line. If there’s a problem, it may say “Profile has some issues”.
2. Under Issues with your content, open Content removed. It shows how many items were removed and when. Open each one to see what was removed and why.
3. Look under Profile features (Meta’s help calls this section Extra features) for anything limited, such as Marketplace, and any end date.
4. Open History (under More about your profile) to see earlier decisions.
5. Questions about what you see? Under Get help, Profile status offers a Meta AI support assistant.

Write down any end date. Restrictions lift on their own when the time is up, and Meta says strikes expire after one year. For how many strikes lead to which restriction, see Facebook jail: how long it lasts.

Meta says it usually offers the chance to ask for a review of decisions you disagree with. If it finds it made a mistake, it restores the content, and Meta says it also removes the strike and the restriction.

1. In Profile status, open the message about the content that was taken down.
2. Tap Request review, if it’s shown, and follow the steps. Submit once.
3. Wait for a notification. Meta says it tells you whether the content is back or the decision was confirmed.

For some types of content there’s no review option, and Meta says that during busy periods it may not be able to review every request. If you still disagree after a review, you may be able to appeal some decisions to the Oversight Board, which takes only a limited number of cases. The full process is in Facebook removed your post.

Marketplace has its own limits for breaking the Commerce Policies. Meta says it warns you when your access is at risk, before suspending it.

1. In Profile status, open Marketplace under Profile features (Meta’s help calls it Extra features).
2. Read whether your access is limited or at risk, and why.
3. If you can still open Marketplace on iPhone, there’s a quicker check: Marketplace > ⋯ > More options. Under Account, Marketplace status shows your access, for example “You have full access.”
4. For what to do next, including Meta’s Request review and Remove your warning options, see Marketplace not showing.

Facebook moves settings between versions, and the same page has more than one name.

1. You may be able to search for it: ☰ Menu > Settings & privacy > Settings, then type Profile status into Search settings at the top.
2. Update the Facebook app from the App Store or Google Play, then try again.
3. If you manage Pages or extra profiles, check you’ve switched back to your main profile.
4. Try the computer route: profile name > Options > Profile Status.

Meta’s policy pages call this Account Status. Pages have their own Page Status: see Facebook Page restricted.

Content you don’t recognize under Content removed can mean someone else has access to your account. Securing it comes before any review request.

1. Change your password and check Log out of other devices: Accounts Center > Password and security > Change password (on some accounts, Meta Account > Login and security).
2. Check Where you’re logged in and remove anything you don’t recognize.
3. Turn on two-factor authentication.
4. Then request a review of the removed content (Fix 3), and add that it wasn’t posted by you if the form lets you.
5. Can’t get in, or your email or phone was changed? Follow Facebook hacked.