Mark conversations as duplicates or no action needed

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Mark conversations as duplicates

Requires the Who can moderate content permission.

You can mark one conversation as a duplicate of another if:

• Both conversations are in the same group.
• The conversation you want to mark as duplicate isn’t already a duplicate of a different conversation.
• The conversation you want to mark as duplicate doesn’t have a conversation marked as its duplicate.

When you mark a conversation as duplicate, the conversation is locked, and you can’t perform any actions on it.

1. Sign in to Google Groups.
2. Click the name of a group.
3. Choose an option:
   • To mark a single conversation as a duplicate—Click the conversation.
   • To mark multiple conversations as duplicates—Point to each conversationcheck the boxes next to each conversation name. 
4. At the top right, click Mark as duplicate .
5. Enter the URL of the duplicate conversationclick Mark duplicate.
6. In the conversation list, a duplicate conversation displays the Duplicate  icon to the right of the subject.
   • To see the conversation that has been duplicated, click the duplicate conversationat the top right, click view conversation.
   • To unmark the conversation as a duplicate, at the top right,  click Unmark as duplicate  .

Mark conversations as no action needed

Requires the Who can moderate content permission.

You can mark or unmark a conversation as no action needed. If the conversation was already assigned to someone, it remains assigned to them.

1. Sign in to Google Groups.
2. Click the name of a group.
3. Choose an option:
   • To mark a single conversation as no action needed—Click the conversation.
   • To mark multiple conversations as no action needed— Point to each conversationcheck the boxes next to each conversation name. 
4. At the top right, click No action needed .
5. If a conversation requires action in the future, select itclick Unmark as no action needed .