Chrome extension · For Meta Ads Manager power users

One click to your perfect column view.

Save, switch, and apply column setups in Meta Ads Manager without digging through the “Customize columns” menu every time. Built for media buyers who change views all day.

Works on adsmanager.facebook.com and business.facebook.com

AdColumns Quick Views dropdown open inside Meta Ads Manager

The hidden tax on your day

Meta’s “Customize columns” dialog wasn’t built for the way real media buyers work.

2–4 min

To navigate the Customize columns dialog and rebuild a real view from scratch, every single time.

10–30×

A typical media buyer changes column views per day across accounts, audits, and reporting.

1+ hr

Lost daily to context-switching between performance, creative, and conversions views.

Built for the way you actually work

A toolbar button, a command palette, and a panel that lives where you already are.

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AdColumns toolbar button

An “AdColumns” button drops in next to Meta’s Columns dropdown. Click it to open your saved views and switch in one tap. No dialogs, no menus.

⌘K

Command palette Pro

Press ⌘K to fuzzy-search every saved view. Stack sort, breakdown, and filter modifiers in the same shortcut.

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Curated quick views

Pre-built lean views for the work you actually do: Ecom Performance Core, ROAS focus, Cost per outcome, Video performance, and Setup Audit. Use as-is or fork your own.

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Visual builder Pro

Build custom views by dragging from a searchable catalog of every Meta column. No syntax, no copy-paste.

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Insert columns inline

A “+” button appears between every column header. Click to drop a new metric in exactly where you want it, without ever opening Meta’s Customize dialog.

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Delete columns inline

An “✕” on each header drops that column from your view in one click. Trim a noisy view down to what you actually want to look at.

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Right-click sort menu

Right-click any column header for an instant sort menu: asc, desc, clear. Skip the hover-tap-wait dance Meta makes you do for sorting.

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Block accidental cell clicks

Stops Meta’s default click-through on every cell, so you can scan numbers without constantly drilling into individual ads or ad sets by accident.

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Views travel with you

Captured views aren’t locked to a single ad account. Save a view once on one client, then load it on any other account you have access to. Your library follows you.

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100% local

Your views live in your browser. No server roundtrip, no account data sent anywhere.

Heads up: early access

Meta changes Ads Manager constantly. Some things may break.

As you know all too well, Meta ships Ads Manager updates all the time, and different accounts often see different versions of it at the same time. That means not every AdColumns feature will work perfectly for everyone, every day.

Please be patient with us while we keep up, and tell us what you run into. Your feedback is how we find and fix things fast.

Start using it today

Add AdColumns to Chrome and switch views in one click. Paid tiers with more features are on the way.

Paid tiers

In the future

  • More power-user features
  • Team plan with shared view libraries
  • Priority support

Install now and we’ll let you know before they launch.

Barry Hott, founder of AdColumns
Barry HottFounder, AdColumns
Why I built AdColumns

I’ve been advertising on Facebook since 2008. I built this for my own ad accounts.

I’ve spent 20+ years in advertising, working across billions of dollars in ad spend. I’ve led teams at Jump450 and Thesis, run growth in-house, and worked with brands including EA Sports, Keeps, Harry’s, and Huel.

I’ve been living in Ads Manager since it was still called Power Editor. The interface has been redesigned more times than I can count since then, but one thing never changed: every time you want a different look at your numbers, you’re back in the Customize columns dialog, ticking boxes and dragging rows around.

I switch views dozens of times a day across clients, audits, and reporting. I wanted it to take one click, so I built AdColumns for me and my team, and now I’m sharing it with the media buyers I’ve spent my career working alongside.

Frequently asked

Will there be paid plans?

Yes. Paid tiers with more features are planned for the future. Add AdColumns to Chrome today and we’ll give you a heads-up before anything changes.

How does it work? Is it a separate app?

It’s a Chrome extension. Once installed, an “AdColumns” button appears next to Meta’s existing Columns dropdown, on both adsmanager.facebook.com and business.facebook.com. No separate app to switch to.

Will Meta’s updates break it?

The extension is built to degrade gracefully. If Meta ships an Ads Manager UI change, worst case is you’re back to the native dialog while we ship a fix (usually within 48 hours). Updates are pushed automatically via the Chrome Web Store.

Does it work for agencies / multiple ad accounts?

Yes. Captured views travel with you across every ad account you have access to. Capture a view once on one client and load it on any other account without re-creating it. One license covers unlimited accounts on your browser.

What about my data?

Your saved views and settings live in Chrome’s local storage on your machine. We don’t store ad data, account data, or campaign data on our servers. Ever.

Will there be a team plan?

Yes, a team plan with shared view libraries is on the roadmap.

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