how to revoke a client account thats we gained access through an MCC

[Eran Karaso]

when we gain access to client ad accounts through an MCC. can our client (MCC owner) revoke access to one of the client ad account under their MCC or do they have to revoke access to the MCC thus removing our access to all of their client ad accounts?

[Luis Xander Talag (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Eran,

Yes, I can confirm that it is possible to remove the link or access of the other MCC account from its client account (you may refer to this guide as to how), and retain the access of your MCC account to the said client account, thus, making your account the client account's only remaining MCC account. 

Let me know if I misunderstood your concern.

Thanks,
Luis
AdWords API Team

[Eran Karaso]

Hi Luis,

thank you for the quick turn around time. What you pointed out is something that I wasnt aware of, which also goo to know for future reference.... however my question is the other way around; it is the incident where an MCC (lets call company B) has given access to our MCC (lets call CompanyA), and there are clients under companyB such as company D,E,F,G... therefore companyA has access to these cliends accounts (D,E,F,G...)

and my question is; can companyB remove companyA's access to a soecific client of theirs F for example yet not revoke companyA;s access to companyB;s MCC thus having access to the rest of the clients...

thanks

[Luis Xander Talag (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Eran,

Thank you for providing more information. Can you confirm if the MCC of company B is a sub-MCC of your MCC in company A? If so, it is not possible for company B to remove your access to a specific client account because if your email address already has access to their MCC, this means that the OAuth2 credentials generated from this email will also have access to all accounts under their MCC. You can refer here for more information about linking accounts. Otherwise, if your MCC is a sub-MCC of their MCC, then the assumption is incorrect because your MCC will have no access to their client accounts.

Let me know if you have further clarifications.

Thanks,

Luis

AdWords API Team

[Eran Karaso]

Hi Luis,

No, since we are a SAAS platform and company B (in this example) would be an ad agency using our services they wouldn't be a sub-MCC of our MCC since they grant access for our app... Prior to giving access to our MCC company B's MCC is a stand-alone MCC with client accounts linked to it...

In this case, when company B removes a client ad account from their MCC, do we need to do any process to unlink that client ad account as well? or would our access to the unlinked client ad account simply be removed automatically? my concern is to avoid hitting maximum account limits for our MCC...

thanks,

[Dannison Yao (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Eran,

Thank you for clarifying your concern. There wouldn't be any additional process for your company to do if they remove a client account from their MCC.

Thanks,

Dannison

AdWords API Team