About the new Groups release

This page is for administrators who manage groups for an organization. To manage groups for an account that ends in gmail.com, go to Google Groups help.

The new Groups release has a fresh look, including controls that match Gmail and other Google services.

New Groups

What you need to know about new Groups

Highlights

Key features now available in new Groups

Feature	Description
Mobile readiness	The Groups UI refined for use on mobile devices. See Using new Groups on mobile.
Collaborative Inboxes	Creating Collaborative Inboxes, using Collaborative Inbox features such as assigning topics, and changing a group’s type to Collaborative Inbox. Collaborative Inboxes you’ve created in classic Groups are accessible in new Groups.
Labels	Replacement for tags and categories.
Multiple domains: Group creation	Creating groups in multiple domains. To use this feature, you must be signed in to a work or school account. The options you see might be different. To learn more, contact your administrator.
Favorite conversations	Viewing all of your favorite conversations (topics) on a single page.
Custom group roles	Creating and managing custom roles.
Welcome messages	Adding or changing the group welcome message that appears above group conversations.
Global settings	Viewing or changing preferences and settings that apply to all of your groups.
Signed-out users	Allowing users who aren’t signed in to a Google Account to work in Groups. If a group is publicly visible, you can search for the group and view conversations without being signed in. However, you must sign in to perform any actions in the group.
Show original message source	Viewing the source code of a message, including its headers.

Using new Groups on mobile

Performing common tasks in new Groups

How you manage members

How you view certain members and messages

To view...	Do this:
Members whose messages are bouncing	On the left nav, click Members. A red triangle appears next to the Subscription column entry of members whose messages are bouncing.
Moderated messages	On the left nav, click Conversations > Pending. You can view the five most recent messages waiting for moderation. To see more messages, at the top right, click Next .

Permissions and settings

In new Groups, to view a group’s settings, click Group settings at the bottom of the left navigation panel.

To learn more about new Group settings, see View or edit group details.

General

Available settings:

Group name
Group email
Group description
Enable additional Google Groups features
Shared labels
Who can see group
Who can join group
Allow external members
Who can view conversations
Who can post
Who can view members

Learn more about general settings.

Member privacy

Available settings:

Identification required for new members
Who can contact group owners
Who can view member email addresses

Learn more about member privacy settings.

Posting policies

Available settings:

Allow Email Posting
Allow web posting
Conversation history
Who can reply privately to authors
Who can attach files
Who can moderate content
Who can moderate metadata
Who can post as group
Default sender
Message moderation
New member restrictions
Spam message handling
Rejected message notification

Learn more about posting policies.

Email options

Available settings:

Subject prefix
Email footer
Group email language
Auto replies
Post replies to
Conversation mode

Learn more about email options.

Member moderation

Available settings:

Who can manage members
Who can modify custom roles
Custom roles

Learn more about member moderation settings.

Deprecated features

To simplify Google Groups, the following features are no longer supported in new Groups.

Feature	Description
Moving topics	Moving topics from one group to another.
Tags and categories	Using tags and categories to manage content. The functionality is replaced by labels.
Group types	Creating web and Q&A forums and using forum-related features such as marking the best answer in existing groups.
Topic types	Creating and managing topic types other than regular discussions.
Statistical info on the About Group page	Usage graphs and other statistical information about a group.
Embedding groups in web pages	Using iFrames to embed groups in external web pages. Located in classic Groups under Manage groupInformationGeneral information. Instead, you can link to a group from an external web page and view the group in Groups.
Some advanced keyboard shortcuts	Some advanced keyboard shortcuts are no longer supported. See supported keyboard shortcuts at Use keyboard shortcuts in Google Groups. Accessibility shortcuts are still supported.
Editing own posts	Allowing users to make changes to their messages after posting them.
Themes and Configurable density display	Choosing a background theme for your Groups display and adjusting density views in your conversations.
Some Favorite groups features	Viewing unread message counts for favorited groups or folders in the left navigation panel, dragging, dropping, and sorting groups into favorites folders, and a combined view of conversations for groups in a folder. You can create a filter for your group messages in Gmail and view unread message counts there.
User activity	Viewing activity for a user such as recent posts, total posts, posting trend per month, and group memberships.
My Discussions	Viewing the My Discussions page from the left navigation panel. Instead, workspace users can search to view specific groups and messages.
Group Feeds	Subscribing to RSS/Atom feeds from Google Groups.
Search simplifications	Using Recent and saved searches, Saving a search, and some Advanced Topic & Message Search Filters.
Opt out from Groups	Opting out of Google Groups. Instead, users can follow instructions in I'm in groups I didn't join to prevent themselves from being added or invited to groups in the future.
Print messages	Printing messages from conversation options. Instead, you can print from your browser.
Language in Global Settings	Setting a specific language in Groups. Instead, your global language settings can be configured in account settings.
Select image upload mechanisms	Adding inline images using image URLs or a Google image search in the conversation composition dialog.

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