Add or invite users to a group

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.


As a Groups administrator, you can directly add members to any of your organization’s groups, invite members to join groups, and respond to requests to join groups.

Where can I do this? You can directly add members to your organization’s groups in either your Admin console or Google Groups. You can invite members to join your groups and manage join requests in Google Groups.

Google Cloud administrators: To add a service account to a group, see either:

Directly add a user to one or more groups

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.

Using the Admin console

  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. Go to Menu and then Directory > Users.
  3. In the Users list, find the user. If you need help finding the user, see Find a user account.
  4. Click the user’s name to open their account page.
  5. At the top, click Groups.
  6. Click Add user to groups.
  7. Search for a group by entering the first few characters of its name or email address. When you see the group you want, select it.
  8. (Optional) To add the user to an additional group (or groups), search for and select the group.
  9. When you finish selecting groups, click Add.
  10. (Optional) To change a member role in a group, do the following:
    • Under Role, click the Down arrow and thenselect the new role.
    • Click Save.

Using Google Groups

Requires turning on Groups for Business

Get steps at the Learning Center: Add people to your group directly.

Add multiple users to a group

Invite users to join a group

Using Google Groups

Requires turning on Groups for Business

In addition to adding people to groups directly, you can invite people to join a group and view the status of invitations. 

Get steps at the Learning Center: Invite people to your group

Respond to requests to join a group

Using Google Groups

Requires turning on Groups for Business

You can view requests to join your group and accept or deny them on an individual basis.

Get steps at the Learning Center: Manage requests to join your group

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