No, not two personal accounts. Facebook's Help Centre says it's against its Community Standards to maintain more than one personal account, and you can no longer create additional profiles inside your account either, although additional profiles that already existed haven't been affected.
Most people asking this want one of three things: somewhere separate for their business, a way to keep work and personal life apart, or a fix for the two accounts they already have. Facebook has a different answer for each, and none of them is a second personal account. Here's what its help pages say, as of October 2026.
What Facebook's rules say
Facebook describes itself as a community where people use their authentic identities. Its help page on multiple accounts is short and blunt: maintaining more than one personal account goes against its Community Standards. It also says a personal profile is for non-commercial use and represents an individual person.
So a second account for your business, your side project or your other brand isn't allowed under the rules. The same page tells you what to do instead: use your personal account to create and manage a Page for your business, organisation, brand or product.
Additional profiles: the one exception that's left
For a while Facebook let people add extra profiles inside one account. That's gone. The Help Centre says you're no longer able to create additional Facebook profiles, and existing additional profiles haven't been affected. So if you already had one, it still works. If you didn't, you can't make one now.
For anyone who still has them, here's how they work, as of October 2026:
- Each additional profile has its own friends list and Feed, and can follow different groups and Pages.
- You use the same login for all of them. You land in your main profile first, then switch to the one you want.
- Your main profile is required and can only be deleted if you delete your whole Facebook account.
- Additional profiles can still be reported if they go against the Community Standards.
There's an important line hidden in that help page. Only profiles created through your Facebook account count as additional profiles. If you signed up for a brand new Facebook account, that new account is separate from your primary account. It isn't an additional profile, and it's exactly the second personal account the rules don't allow.
Which option fits what you're trying to do
Here's how Facebook's own help pages answer the usual reasons people want a second account:
| What you want | What Facebook offers instead |
|---|---|
| A presence for your business, brand or product | A Page, created and managed from your personal account |
| To be followed as a public figure | Allowing followers on your profile |
| To be found under a maiden name, nickname or former name | Adding another name to your existing account |
| Separate interest profiles | Additional profiles, only if you already had them, since new ones can't be created |
| Several people using one computer | The account switcher, which can store information for up to ten accounts |
If you already have two accounts
Facebook doesn't have a way to merge accounts. Its help page says that, because more than one personal account goes against the Community Standards, there's no merge tool. Instead you move what matters into the account you're keeping and close the rest. Facebook's order is:
- Decide which account you're keeping.
- On the account you're closing, download the information you've added that you want to hold on to.
- If that account manages any Pages or groups, add the account you're keeping as an admin on each of them.
- Once everything's moved into the one account, delete the duplicate.
Do the admin step before anything else gets deleted. Lose the only admin on a business Page and you've made a much bigger problem than a spare account. Here's how to download your Facebook data first, and my longer walkthrough on merging Facebook accounts if you want more detail.
Switching accounts on a shared computer
What Facebook does allow is several people using the same computer. You can switch between Facebook accounts on a computer without logging out, but only if more than one person has logged in from that same browser. As of October 2026, the steps are:
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- Go to facebook.com on a computer.
- Click your profile picture in the top right.
- Click See all profiles, then Switch accounts.
- Click the account you want, or choose to log in to another account.
Facebook says the switcher can store information for up to ten accounts, but suggests only keeping the accounts of people who regularly use that computer. To take yours off, click the X next to your name after logging out, and you'll need to do that each time or it'll show up in the switcher again. If you're doing this on your phone instead, here's how to add another account on Facebook.
What I'd do for a business
I'd start with a Page, created from your own personal account, and add a trusted second admin straight away. Skip opening a second personal account for the business: it breaks Facebook's rules, and you don't want your business presence resting on an account that goes against the Community Standards.
If you've already got two accounts, I wouldn't leave it. Pick the one to keep, move your data and your Page admin rights across, and close the other. It's a short job, and it puts your business presence on an account that's within the rules.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it illegal to have two Facebook accounts?
Facebook's Help Centre doesn't call it illegal, but it says maintaining more than one personal account goes against its Community Standards.
Can I still create an additional Facebook profile?
No. Facebook says you're no longer able to create additional profiles. Additional profiles that already existed haven't been affected.
Can I merge two Facebook accounts?
No. Facebook says it doesn't have a way to merge multiple accounts. You download what you need, add your kept account as admin on any Pages or groups, then delete the duplicate.
Is a personal account plus a business Page allowed?
Yes. Facebook's help says to use your personal account to create and manage a Page for your business, organisation, brand or product.
