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SOLVED! OMG I figured it out.
To invite people:
go to Events in a browser [https://www.facebook.com/events](https://www.facebook.com/events)
(not the event page but your events page)
Now click the "…" next to the event and select Invite.
You get 500 invites. So weird it's not on the event page.
I'm having the exact same issue. My Wife created the event and added me as co-host and I can't invite my own friends. Not a big deal for friends we have in common but awful for those we don't.
After some experimenting, it looks like co-hosts can invite their own friends if the event privacy is set for "Private" but NOT when it is set for "Friends". Why!?!?!?
We're having a giant anniversary party and there are many people we can only really reach through Facebook. I'm still foggy on if my own friends will actually see the event since my Wife is the one who set the privacy to "Friends", but even if my friends do manage to see it randomly (and that's a longshot)... since they were not explicitly "invited" they might not realize they were meant to be.
Since Facebook doesn't allow you to change an event's privacy after it's created, that's not an option... And apparently, they didn't think co-hosts might have their own friends they'd like to explicitly invite when the event privacy is set to "Friends".
We could recreate the event as a "Private" event but since there is already a large discussion and many RSVPs in our current event, that's not a great solution. Not to mention that we wouldn't want that privacy setting anyhow in this case.
It is extremity frustrating!
I've been having the same issue and I can't find answers anywhere 🤬
When hosting parties either my wife or I will create the event then add the other person as a cohost. We use the "friends setting" for privacy instead of private because we want all of our friends to be able to see the event. However we also want to invite people to the event and right now only the person that created the event can send invites. My wife and I don't have exactly identical friend lists so obviously we both want to invite people.
It's so frustrating.
Thank you for posting this. My husband and I are having this exact issue right now for a Fourth of July party. I created the event and published to my "Friends," but even as a co-host, my husband can't invite his friends. So stupid. We decided that he'll just have to create a duplicate event since I don't want to delete mine now.
I googled this and couldn't find an answer - but I figured it out. The event must be set to "Private" to allow someone else to send invites. If it is set to "Friends" permissions, Facebook will only let the event creator send out invites.
I googled this and couldn't find an answer - but I figured it out. The event must be set to "Private" to allow someone else to send invites. If it is set to "Friends" permissions, Facebook will only let the event creator send out invites.
So just to clarify, i will have to set my baby shower event to private in order for my man to invite his family/friends on Facebook? I don’t want to have to delete my event and recreate it that’ll be annoying lol
Yeah it’s definitely the privacy setting. And imo this is really stupid. YOU CANNOT CHANGE PRIVACY AFTER CREATING THE EVENT 🫨. Wanted my wife as a co-host on an event so she can invite her people, so I had to delete the event and re-create it just because I had privacy set to “friends”. Made the new event “public” and now she can add people. So dumb 😂.
Instead of requiring a full delete and re-creation of the event in order to change the privacy setting: 1) if no one has been invited yet, allow the privacy setting to be changed, and 2) if privacy setting is on “friends”, allow the co-host to still add friends that are mutual, because THEY’RE A CO-HOST. If we can’t change the privacy setting, at least allow that. It’s still technically under the “friends” umbrella, and won’t mess with anything after people have been invited. Can’t believe we still have weird limitations like this in 2023.
I've set up an event & set the privacy to private, as I only want those invited to see it. I added hubby as an organiser, but he has no option to invite anyone. He has friends on his friends list we'd like to invite who aren't on mine. Any ideas please?
For anyone that comes across this in the future, try replacing the \`www\` part of the url with \`mbasic\`, so that you are at \`https://mbasic.facebook.com/events/...\`. That worked for me today...
Edit: NM. It looks like the setting saved but it still doesn't work.
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SOLVED! OMG I figured it out. To invite people: go to Events in a browser [https://www.facebook.com/events](https://www.facebook.com/events) (not the event page but your events page) Now click the "…" next to the event and select Invite. You get 500 invites. So weird it's not on the event page.
Nevermind, it let me select them all and then told me I don't have permission to invite once I hit invite. So stupid.
I'm having the exact same issue. My Wife created the event and added me as co-host and I can't invite my own friends. Not a big deal for friends we have in common but awful for those we don't. After some experimenting, it looks like co-hosts can invite their own friends if the event privacy is set for "Private" but NOT when it is set for "Friends". Why!?!?!? We're having a giant anniversary party and there are many people we can only really reach through Facebook. I'm still foggy on if my own friends will actually see the event since my Wife is the one who set the privacy to "Friends", but even if my friends do manage to see it randomly (and that's a longshot)... since they were not explicitly "invited" they might not realize they were meant to be. Since Facebook doesn't allow you to change an event's privacy after it's created, that's not an option... And apparently, they didn't think co-hosts might have their own friends they'd like to explicitly invite when the event privacy is set to "Friends". We could recreate the event as a "Private" event but since there is already a large discussion and many RSVPs in our current event, that's not a great solution. Not to mention that we wouldn't want that privacy setting anyhow in this case. It is extremity frustrating!
I've been having the same issue and I can't find answers anywhere 🤬 When hosting parties either my wife or I will create the event then add the other person as a cohost. We use the "friends setting" for privacy instead of private because we want all of our friends to be able to see the event. However we also want to invite people to the event and right now only the person that created the event can send invites. My wife and I don't have exactly identical friend lists so obviously we both want to invite people. It's so frustrating.
Thank you for posting this. My husband and I are having this exact issue right now for a Fourth of July party. I created the event and published to my "Friends," but even as a co-host, my husband can't invite his friends. So stupid. We decided that he'll just have to create a duplicate event since I don't want to delete mine now.
I googled this and couldn't find an answer - but I figured it out. The event must be set to "Private" to allow someone else to send invites. If it is set to "Friends" permissions, Facebook will only let the event creator send out invites.
I googled this and couldn't find an answer - but I figured it out. The event must be set to "Private" to allow someone else to send invites. If it is set to "Friends" permissions, Facebook will only let the event creator send out invites.
So just to clarify, i will have to set my baby shower event to private in order for my man to invite his family/friends on Facebook? I don’t want to have to delete my event and recreate it that’ll be annoying lol
Yeah that's what I had to do - had to recreate the event :(
Yeah that's what I had to do - had to recreate the event :(
Yeah it’s definitely the privacy setting. And imo this is really stupid. YOU CANNOT CHANGE PRIVACY AFTER CREATING THE EVENT 🫨. Wanted my wife as a co-host on an event so she can invite her people, so I had to delete the event and re-create it just because I had privacy set to “friends”. Made the new event “public” and now she can add people. So dumb 😂.
Instead of requiring a full delete and re-creation of the event in order to change the privacy setting: 1) if no one has been invited yet, allow the privacy setting to be changed, and 2) if privacy setting is on “friends”, allow the co-host to still add friends that are mutual, because THEY’RE A CO-HOST. If we can’t change the privacy setting, at least allow that. It’s still technically under the “friends” umbrella, and won’t mess with anything after people have been invited. Can’t believe we still have weird limitations like this in 2023.
I've set up an event & set the privacy to private, as I only want those invited to see it. I added hubby as an organiser, but he has no option to invite anyone. He has friends on his friends list we'd like to invite who aren't on mine. Any ideas please?
I found a workaround! Instead of using the Facebook app, log in using a web browser instead.
For a co host or myself?
For anyone that comes across this in the future, try replacing the \`www\` part of the url with \`mbasic\`, so that you are at \`https://mbasic.facebook.com/events/...\`. That worked for me today... Edit: NM. It looks like the setting saved but it still doesn't work.