If you have an Essentials edition, upgrade to Enterprise to get this service.
Users who have Currents enabled can use it for collaboration at your company or school, and can also use Currents for sharing beyond your domain.
As an administrator, you can control who in your organization uses Currents from their managed account. Depending on your edition, Currents may be turned on or off for new Google Workspace customers. Administrators have the ability to control whether Currents is on or off for users in a domain, an organizational unit, or group. Users must have a valid Google Workspace license to use Currents.
Before you begin, carefully review the following requirements and considerations.
Before disabling Currents
If Currents is turned off for a user, or a user is no longer assigned a valid Google Workspace license:
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That user will not be able to create new Currents content or access other users’ Currents content. This includes content restricted to your organization. Once Currents is turned on again and the user has a valid Google Workspace license, content can be accessed normally and the user can create new posts. This includes public posts, posts restricted to your domain, and privately shared posts.
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That user’s existing Currents content will remain visible to other Google Workspace users who have access to that content. This includes any public Currents content created by that user.
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That user can continue to access or delete their own Currents content through the Activity Log.
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To permanently delete all visible data for a user, the user or administrator must delete the user’s Currents profile. Users can visit the downgrade page without deleting their profile to learn more about the data that is deleted or not deleted. Administrators can always delete users’ Currents profiles, even if Currents is turned off.
Before enabling Currents
Before you turn on Currents for your organization, review the following information to understand the requirements and impact.
Check if Currents is already turned onCurrents is automatically turned on for new Google Workspace domains.
To check if Currents is on or off for your existing domain:
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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In the Admin console, go to Menu
Apps
Google Workspace
Currents.
- The status is displayed in Service status:
- On for everyone
- Off for everyone
- On for some organizations
For example, Currents may be turned on if all of the following applied when Currents was released:
- You had Google Workspace or Google Workspace for Education.
- Your Admin console was set up to automatically opt in to new services.
- To turn on Currents for select groups of users, put their accounts in an organizational unit or add the users to an access group.
- To turn on Currents only for users in some sub-domains, place domain-specific accounts in their own organizational unit (org). Then turn on Currents for just that org. For details, see Managing multiple domains or Add an organizational unit.
- To turn Currents for users in all sub-domains within your Google Workspace domain, turn on Currents for your top-level domain or organizational unit.
Users must have a Currents profile
- Administrators can create Currents profiles for users in your organization.
- Users can create their own Currents profile.
Users must meet minimum age requirements
Legal requirements
In using Currents, your organization is solely responsible for complying with all laws and regulations that might be applicable to the provision of Currents to your organization's end users. This includes but is not limited to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
Turn Currents on or off
Disable Currents in the Admin console- Review the considerations before disabling Currents, and inform your users of the changes.
- Tell users about the Currents data that will be deleted, and what data will still be available.
- Ask users to delete their Currents profile (or delete it for them), if necessary.
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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In the Admin console, go to Menu
Apps
Google Workspace
Currents.
- Click Service status and choose Off for everyone to turn off the service for all users.
- Click Save.
Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more
Before you begin: To turn a service on or off for certain users, put their accounts in an organizational unit (to control access by department) or add them to an access group (to allow access for users across or within departments).
- Review the considerations before enabling Currents.
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
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In the Admin console, go to Menu
Apps
Google Workspace
Currents.
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Click Service status.
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To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.
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(Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
- At the left, select the organizational unit.
- To change the Service status, select On or Off.
- Choose one:
- If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
- If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
Note: Learn more about organizational structure.
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To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Use groups to customize service access.
- If you chose to turn on Currents, check the box to acknowledge Currents conditions of use. Then click Turn Currents on.
- Make sure users' required services are also turned on.
- Get users started with Currents.
- Tell users to sign up and create their Currents profile.
- Send welcome email to introduce users to using Currents.
- Let users know about the help center and learning center resources.
Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more