How to Delete Facebook Data Sources?
If you are seeing this error in your easy ads dashboard, this means you have multiple data sources within your catalog. There is no need to worry as it can be easily solved following some clear steps. However, first you need to understand what it means.
What Does the "Multiple Data Source" Error Mean?
How To Delete A Data Source?
How To Delete A Shopify Data Source?
To advertise in Meta’s platforms ( known as Facebook), you need to have a product catalog which is a container that brings together information about items you want to promote in your ads.
Easy ads creates your catalog automatically once you connect to it and select the products you want to promote. In this catalog, you have your data source or product feed which contains all your products’ information, and it is created automatically by Easy Ads as well.
However, having multiple data sources within your catalog creates the error above. To solve it, you simply need to delete any other data source that you have and only leave the Easy Ads feed.
To delete the other data sources, you need to follow these steps:
You need to open your Commerce manager and click on Data sources:
You need to only keep the Easy Ads feed/data source which looks something like this:
Delete all the other data feeds/ data sources by clicking on each one of them. You will see something like this:
Then, you click on “settings” and scroll down to click on the "delete" button and delete each data feed this way:
In case you have two Easy Ads feeds, you need to delete the old data field and only keep one Easy ads data feed.
P.S. In case you couldn't do that, you need to make sure that you have full control over your business manager and you need the Manage Catalog permission in Meta Business Manager so you can delete the other data feeds.
The Shopify data feed looks something like this:
You can’t delete it from your Facebook Commerce manager. You need to open your Shopify store.
In your Shopify store go to settings.
Click on Apps and sales channels.
Select Facebook and click on it.
Select settings and click on Data source.
Click delete on all the data sources there.
Now, you know how to easily fix the “multiple data source” error and ensure better usage of your catalog with Easy Ads.
If you still encountered any issues or need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact our dedicated support team via the in-app live chat. We're here to help and ensure your experience is smooth and successful.
What Does the "Multiple Data Source" Error Mean?
How To Delete A Data Source?
How To Delete A Shopify Data Source?
1. What Does the “Multiple Data Source” Error Mean?
To advertise in Meta’s platforms ( known as Facebook), you need to have a product catalog which is a container that brings together information about items you want to promote in your ads.
Easy ads creates your catalog automatically once you connect to it and select the products you want to promote. In this catalog, you have your data source or product feed which contains all your products’ information, and it is created automatically by Easy Ads as well.
However, having multiple data sources within your catalog creates the error above. To solve it, you simply need to delete any other data source that you have and only leave the Easy Ads feed.
2. How to Delete a Data Source?
To delete the other data sources, you need to follow these steps:
You need to open your Commerce manager and click on Data sources:
You need to only keep the Easy Ads feed/data source which looks something like this:
Delete all the other data feeds/ data sources by clicking on each one of them. You will see something like this:
Then, you click on “settings” and scroll down to click on the "delete" button and delete each data feed this way:
In case you have two Easy Ads feeds, you need to delete the old data field and only keep one Easy ads data feed.
P.S. In case you couldn't do that, you need to make sure that you have full control over your business manager and you need the Manage Catalog permission in Meta Business Manager so you can delete the other data feeds.
3. How to delete a Shopify data source?
The Shopify data feed looks something like this:
You can’t delete it from your Facebook Commerce manager. You need to open your Shopify store.
In your Shopify store go to settings.
Click on Apps and sales channels.
Select Facebook and click on it.
Select settings and click on Data source.
Click delete on all the data sources there.
Now, you know how to easily fix the “multiple data source” error and ensure better usage of your catalog with Easy Ads.
If you still encountered any issues or need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact our dedicated support team via the in-app live chat. We're here to help and ensure your experience is smooth and successful.
Updated on: 26/06/2024
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