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Create a new Facebook ad account by going to Meta Business Suite’s Settings, open ‘ Accounts ’, then ‘ Ad accounts ’, click ‘ Add ’, and choose ‘ Create a new ad account ’. Set the name, time zone, and currency, then add a payment method before you run ads.

The rest of this guide walks through each step with screenshots, and it covers the part most tutorials skip: how to avoid the one setup mistake that forces a painful rebuild later. If your ad account ends up attached to your personal profile instead of your business, you can lose it, cap your spending, and orphan your tracking, so it is worth getting it right the first time.

What is a Facebook (Meta) ad account?

A Facebook ad account is the container where you build campaigns, set your billing, and see your reporting. Everything you spend and every result you measure lives inside it. You need one before you can run a single ad*.