Why cant I tag everyone in a Facebook group?

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Monday 26th December 2022

Facebook, Facebook groups

Facebook groups are awesome for engagement. We’re members of loads of Groups from dogs to business and everything in between. They’re a super way to connect and talk about one particular topic, and we run a few too.

If you’d like to be in a place where you can drop in your marketing and social media questions then you should join us in Spaghetti Besties.

But there’s a problem with groups and even if you’re an admin you’ll have had this problem.

Tagging people into posts and comments doesn’t always work!

I ran a large group of over 20,000 people where I can’t even tag the other admins! Awkward. This is mostly an iPhone issue it seems and it’s isolated to the iOS App for Facebook.

There’s a way around it that involves just a few clicks and the safari app on your phone and this week I wanted to share that with you.

Why Can’t I Tag Someone on Facebook?

Why cant I tag everyone in a Facebook group?

  1. Firstly, you’ll need to make sure that you’re logged into Facebook on the Safari app. Just search for Facebook on Safari and log in. Simple.
  2. Next, head to the post on your app where you can’t tag someone and click the share button. This will give you a few options but it’s the ‘Copy Link’ option that you need.
  3. Click it and then you’ll have the link copied to your clipboard.
  4. Now head over to Safari, and paste the link in.
  5. Now you have that post in Safari and you can simple head to the comments (as long as you’re logged in) and you can type ‘@’ and type the name of the person you want to tag and voilá! It works.

One thing I should mention is that the share button is not available in a private or secret group. For these groups you’ll have to go to Safari, search for the group, and then the post, and then tag in the comments.

A bit messy, but it’s a great fix and one I use all the time.

I’m a member of a large Facebook Admins group and it’s a worldwide issue that Facebook are aware of. It’s quite frustrating really as it’s a core part of groups and how they work.

I’m sure they’ll get to fix it when they can.

In the meantime, I hope that helps.

Need more help making the most of Facebook Groups?

Read our MASSIVE FACEBOOK GROUPS GUIDE right here.

Why cant I tag everyone in a Facebook group?


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4 Steps To Easily Tag Someone In A Facebook Group

Why cant I tag everyone in a Facebook group?

How do you tag someone in your Facebook group?

Once you have learnt how to add someone to a Facebook group, it’s now time to learn how to tag someone in a Facebook group. Even though tagging someone is quite simple to do, sometimes you may find the tagging feature on Facebook does not work the way you would expect.

First let’s answer how to tag someone in a Facebook group and then we will troubleshoot some of the challenges you may face.

Tagging is very simple and you may have done it in the past without realising that it’s what you were doing. You may have also seen the tagging feature popup on Facebook and stopped it from doing its job because you didn’t know what it was doing. 

How to tag someone in a Facebook group or even on your timeline is simple to do. 

Follow these steps: 

1. First, add them to your Facebook group. If you need to know how to add someone to a Facebook group, follow this link.

2. Once they have accepted your invitation (follow our steps to increase your results by x 10) now it’s time to tag them. Start typing their name into the comments section of a post you believe they may find interesting. You will notice their name start to show. If their name does not show then follow our trouble shooting below.

Why cant I tag everyone in a Facebook group?

3. When you see their name, press enter/return or click their name. This will then show their name in the comment and they will receive a notification.

4. Once you tag them, send them a message and ask them “Hi … I just tagged you on the post I thought you may find interesting/fun/informative/inspiring/challenge etc (choose one), can you see the tag, it should show up in the facebook notifications area?“

Trouble shooting for how to add someone to a Facebook group

What if you can’t tag someone in a Facebook group? Follow these steps:

If you can’t “tag them” you may find one of these options help you:

♣ Try using a different device. If you’re using a laptop/computer use a phone, if you’re using a phone, try using the laptop or computer.

♣ Logout of Facebook and log back in.

♣ Make sure you have the latest version of the Facebook app on your phone, ipad or tablet. If you are using your laptop/computer, you automatically have the latest version of Facebook.

Why cant I tag everyone in a Facebook group?

♣ Confirm to make sure they have accepted your invite. If they have not accepted your invitation, then you won’t be able to tag them. Also remember sometimes people say “yes” to having accepted it just to avoid saying no, they’re not interested. Following up with them and asking them gently if they accepted the invitation and telling them why you are asking again helps them do the action. 

Tip: Be careful how you ask them. If you ask them in a rough way, they may get offended. So ask in a way you would appreciate being asked: “Hi … can you help me out. I am having some trouble tagging you on that information I promised. I have found out that sometimes its a facebook issue and other times its something else. Would you mind letting me know if you had the chance to accept that invitation to the group? I just can’t tag you on the information I promised. I am working on what the other issues could be as well. But I thought I would just check, I hope that is ok 🙂 “ 

♣ Come back in an hour and try again. Sometimes it’s an update thing with the Facebook servers. Don’t get frustrated, just make yourself a note and come back in an hour and check again. Let your contact know that you are having trouble tagging them and you will try again in an hour.

♣ Turn off your phone, tablet or computer. Nothing like a reboot to sort things out.

If you can’t “add them” to the group:

♣ It is possible that they are already added to the group. Check the members section in the group. 

♣ Is there a setting that stops people from being invited to a Facebook group?

No, there is no setting at the moment to stop someone from being “invited”, so more than likely it is one of the reasons above.

We hope this article on how to easily tag someone in a facebook group helped you.


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How do I tag everyone in my FB group?

If you have it, you can simply type @ in your post to see the options available. Choose @everyone to notify all members that they have been tagged in a post.

Why is Facebook tagging not working?

If Facebook Tagging Isn't Working If it seems like Facebook tagging isn't working, meaning that your @ doesn't function, it could be that your friend disabled this option on their account. Try tagging someone else and see if that works.

Who can use @everyone on Facebook?

Facebook now has the capacity to tag or alert everyone in a Facebook Group and the use of it is annoying a lot of group members. This function is being rolled out to Facebook Group administrators. They can type in the ampersand @ and then click on “everyone”, thus tagging or alerting every person in the group!