How to Create Multiple Facebook Accounts

This is an article on how to create multiple Facebook accounts. You can set up a Page representing a business, organization, product, public figure, brand or artist, or create your own personal account.

Table of Contents

Create multiple personal accounts on the mobile app

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Open the Facebook app on your phone or tablet. Look for the white “F” icon on a blue background that usually shows up on the home screen or app menu.

You should note that creating multiple individual accounts is a violation of the Facebook Community Standards ^{[1] X Research Sources} . Violation of these standards can cause you a number of problems, including having your account disabled ^{[2] X Research Sources} .

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Log out of the current account if you are already logged in. Tap the three dashes icon in the upper right corner and select Log Out below.

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Tap Create New Facebook Account . This option is at the bottom of the screen.

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Tap Next . This is the blue button in the middle.

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Allow Facebook to access your phone. Tap Allow to grant access or Deny to block.

Allowing access provides some features such as importing phone contacts or viewing Facebook events in the calendar ^{[3] X Research Source} .

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Enter a name and tap Next . You need to enter your first and last name.

The screen will display a window allowing you to select the current account on the phone. Tap to select an account, or tap None of the above to continue.

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Select a birthday or tap Next . You will select the appropriate day, month and year. Touch and drag the numbers up or down to select.

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Select a gender and tap Next . Choose male, female or custom.

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Enter the phone number and tap Next . If you prefer to use email to sign in, tap Sign Up With Email Address below.

Facebook automatically displays email addresses based on available accounts on your phone or tablet. Tap Yes to accept this email address or Use a different email to enter new information.
Make sure you use a phone number or email address other than the information associated with your existing Facebook account.

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Enter the password and tap Next . Passwords must be at least 6 characters.

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Add a phone number or email address. If you don’t want to, tap Skip .

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Tap Sign Up . This will create a Facebook account.

Create multiple personal accounts on the computer

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Go to https://www.facebook.com/ in your browser. This step is best done on a computer, but you can also access it on a tablet or phone.

It should be noted that creating multiple individual accounts is a violation of the Facebook Community Standards. Violation of these standards can cause you a number of problems, including having your account disabled.

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Log out of the current account if you are already logged in. Click the arrow in the upper right corner and select Log Out .

If you don’t want to sign out of your current account, use another browser to sign in. Or, use an incognito or private browser window. Click the options icon in the browser window and select New Private Window or New Incognito Window .

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Fill in the information for the new account. Under the “Create an account” section, you’ll enter the following information:

First and last name
Mobile number or email address (must be different from existing Facebook account information)
Password
Date of birth
Sex

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Click Sign Up . This is the green button at the bottom of the page. The account will be created immediately.

Create a business page on a mobile app

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Open the Facebook app on your phone or tablet. You need to look for the white “F” icon on a blue background that is usually displayed on the home screen or application menu.

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Sign in to your account if you haven’t already done so. Tap the account name or enter your email address and password.

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Tap the three dashes ☰ icon in the upper right corner and select Pages . This selection has a white flag icon.

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Tap + Create in the upper left corner.

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Tap Get Started. This is the blue button below.

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Enter the page name and tap Next . Tap the box to enter a name. You can change the name after creating.

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Select the three categories that describe your page and tap Next . Tap the search box and enter information to find a category, then tap it to select it.

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Enter the website for the site and tap Next . Check the box next to “I don’t have a website” if you don’t have one.

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Tap Add cover photo to upload a cover photo. Tap any photo in the gallery to select it.

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Tap Add profile picture to upload a profile picture. Tap any photo in the gallery to select it.

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Tap Done . This will create the page.

Create a business page on your computer

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Go to https://www.facebook.com/ in your browser. You can do this on your computer, phone, or tablet.

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Click Pages on the home screen of your personal account. This is the option below the “Explore” section and has an orange flag icon.

If you are not signed in to your personal account, click Create a Page . This blue link is at the bottom of the page, just below the green “Sign Up” button.