Removing Facebook Pages Without Admin Access

[theLotter]

A few years ago someone started a Facebook page for my company.

It has about 15 fans and is not active, however it is ranking in Google because of it's age.

I want to delete the page (so that the real official Facebook page will rank instead).

However, I do not have access to the original admin account and Facebook is not responding to my removal requests.

Any suggestions for what I should do?

Thanks!

[anthonydnelson]

Perhaps it just takes some time. According to Facebook, here are the official steps to claim a page someone else made for your business:

https://www.facebook.com/help/location/claim

Good luck!

[theLotter]

Yep, that was my first step also, but it hasn't worked.

Any other ideas?

[anthonydnelson]

Visit the page you want removed. In the top right corner, click the gear shaped icon and you will find a 'report page' option in the drop-down menu. Once selected, you will be given a variety of reasons for reporting the page.

There is no guarantee that this will work, but trying this would be my first step.

Note: Be sure to link your website to your official page, to prove that your page is official, not the page you are reporting.