Manage groups from an Android device

This page is for administrators who manage groups for an organization. To manage groups for your own account, visit Google Groups help. You must be a Super Admin to perform these tasks.

With Google Groups, you and your team can send email messages and meeting invitations, as well as share documents, using a single group address.

When you add a user to a group, you can easily assign them a role: owner, manager, or member. Their role determines what they can do in the group.

Manage groups

Create a group

1. Open the Google Admin app .
2. If necessary, switch to your administrator account: Tap Menu the Down arrow your admin account.
3. Tap Menu Groups.

   Requires having the Groups administrator privilege.

4. Tap Add and enter the following details: 

   Option	Description
   Group name	Enter a name that identifies the group in lists and messages. Use these guidelines: Use up to 73 characters for the names. Use names that make it easy to identify the group’s purpose. For groups that you create in the Google Admin console, don't use the equal sign (=) or brackets (<,>). These characters can only be used for groups that you create in groups.google.com.
   Group email	Enter an email address for the group. If more than one domain is displayed, select the appropriate domain from the list. Follow these guidelines: Email addresses can be up to 63 characters long. This limit doesn't include the domain portion of the address, such as @gmail.com. Some words are reserved and can't be used as email addresses. View reserved words. If you're creating your group in a work or school account, your email address might include a suffix, such as -user-created. For example, if your group name is training, the actual email address might be training-user-created@your_domain.
   Group description	(Optional) To add information to the group’s About page, enter the purpose of the group or how it's used. You could include information about group members, group content, an FAQ, links to related groups, and so on. For groups that you create in the Google Admin console, don't use the equal sign (=) or brackets (<,>). These characters can only be used for groups that you create in groups.google.com.

5. Tap Done .
6. (Optional) To add members to your group:
   1. Tap Add user  and choose an option:
      • To add users, tap Existing usersthe userMember and assign a role.
      • To add a group, tap Groupthe group.
      • To add users outside of your organization, tap External users and enter their email addresses. Then, tap Member and assign a role.
   2. Tap Done .

Edit group details

You can edit any group in your domain to change its name, email address, or description.

1. Open the Google Admin app .
2. If necessary, switch to your administrator account: Tap Menu the Down arrow your admin account.
3. Tap Menu Groups.

   Requires having the Groups administrator privilege.

4. Tap the name of a group.
5. Tap Edit  and make any changes.
6. Tap Done .

Delete a group

1. Open the Google Admin app .
2. If necessary, switch to your administrator account: Tap Menu the Down arrow your admin account.
3. Tap Menu Groups.

   Requires having the Groups administrator privilege.

4. Tap the name of a group.
5. Tap Delete Delete to confirm.

Manage group members

Add members to a group

You can add members individually or add all members of another group.

1. Open the Google Admin app .
2. If necessary, switch to your administrator account: Tap Menu the Down arrow your admin account.
3. Tap Menu Groups.

   Requires having the Groups administrator privilege.

4. Tap the name of a group.
5. Tap Add user  and choose an option:
   • To add users, tap Existing usersthe userMember and assign a role.
   • To add a group, tap Groupthe group.
   • To add users outside of your organization, tap External users and enter their email addresses. Then, tap Member and assign a role.
6. Tap Done .

Change a member’s role

1. Open the Google Admin app .
2. If necessary, switch to your administrator account: Tap Menu the Down arrow your admin account.
3. Tap Menu Groups.

   Requires having the Groups administrator privilege.

4. Tap the name of a group.
5. Tap the user whose role you want to change.
6. Tap Change Role.
7. Tap an option to reassign the user's role.

Remove a group member

1. Open the Google Admin app .
2. If necessary, switch to your administrator account: Tap Menu the Down arrow your admin account.
3. Tap Menu Groups.

   Requires having the Groups administrator privilege.

4. Tap the name of the group where you want to remove a group member.
5. Tap Remove MemberRemove to confirm.