Turn Groups for Business on or off

As a Groups administrator, you control whether users can access your organization's internal groups at the Google Groups app--available in their App launcher  and at groups.google.com. You do this by turning the Groups for Business service on or off for their account, in your Admin console.

Turning on Groups for Business also adds features, such as for moderated conversations and Collaborative Inboxes. You can then set organization-wide policies for creating, accessing, and working in groups at Google Groups.

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Turn Groups for Business on or off

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).

  1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

    If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu and then Appsand thenGoogle Workspaceand thenGroups for Business.
  3. Click Service status.
  4. To turn a service on or off for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

  5. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
    1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
    2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
    3. 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.
  6. (Optional) 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.
Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more

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