Add an organizational unit

Administrators can create an organizational unit in the Google Admin console and apply specific settings to a group of users or devices.

By default, all users are placed in the top organizational (parent) unit. You can create child organizational units, such as Finance or Human Resources, to group specific users within the parent group. Child organizational units inherit the settings from the parent, but you can apply unique settings to each unit. 

Learn more about the organizational structure.

Note: You can’t move yourself as the administrator to another organizational unit.

How to create a new organizational unit

To complete these steps, you need the appropriate administrator privileges. Depending on your privileges, you might not see all the controls needed to complete these steps. Learn more about administrator privileges.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  DirectoryOrganizational units.
3. Hover over the organization you want to modify and click Create new organizational unit .
4. In the Name of organizational unit field, enter the new group's name.

   Note: The "/" character isn't allowed in the names of organizational units.

5. (Optional) To add a description of the organization, enter it in the Description field.
6. (Optional) To place the organization under a different parent organization:
   1. Under Parent organizational unit, click Edit .
   2. Choose a parent organization.
   3. Click Done.
7. Click Create.

You can also add an organization by clicking Add at the top left of the Organizational units page.

Next steps

Now that you have a new organizational unit, you can add users and devices, and turn on services and apply settings.

1. Move users or move devices to your new organizational unit.
2. Turn on Google services and apply settings for the new organizational unit. For details, go to Turn a service on or off for Google Workspace users and Change service settings for different users.