How to Change Business Type on Facebook on PC or Mac

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Last Updated: February 26, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to edit your Facebook page's category in the About section, using a desktop internet browser.

Steps

1
Open Facebook in your internet browser. Type www.facebook.com into the address bar, and hit ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard.
- If you're not automatically signed in, enter your email or phone, and your password into the login form on the top-right, and click Log In.
2
Click Pages under the EXPLORE heading on the left panel. Find Pages next to an orange flag icon on a navigation menu on the left-hand side of your screen. It will open a list of all your pages.
3
Click the page you want to edit. This will open the selected business page.
4
Click About below your page's profile picture. This will open your business page's information tab.
5
Click the Edit button next to Category. This option is located below the GENERAL heading in the About section. It will open a new pop-up window.
6
Enter a new category into the text field. A list of available categories will show up on a drop-down menu as you type.
- Optionally, you can delete your page's old category here by clicking the "x" icon next to it.
7
Select a category from the drop-down menu. This will add the selected category to the Categories field.
8
Click the blue Save button. This will save your page's new categories.

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Updated: February 26, 2018

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