Create & manage a group on Google Pay

Google Pay now allows you to create a group to chat with multiple people at once.

Create a group

From the discovery page

Important: The group creator is the default group admin.

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Under 'People', tap Add   Create group.
3. Select the contacts that you want to add. You can add up to 100 members.
4. Tap Done.

From the chat page

Important: The group creator is the default group admin.

1.  On your device, open Google Pay .
2. In the top right, tap More   Start a group chat.
3. Select the contacts that you want to add. You can add up to 100 members.
4. Tap Done.

Manage a group

Edit the group name

Important: Any group member can edit the group name. The group name is visible to all members.

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to the group that you want to edit.
3. In the top right, tap More     Group settings.
   • You can also tap the group conversation app bar  Group settings.
4. Tap the current group name.
5. Enter a new group name of up to 20 characters. 

Add group members

Important: Groups can have up to 100 members.

Invite your contacts

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to the group chat to which you want to add members.
3. In the top right, tap More    Group settings.
   • You can also tap the group conversation app bar  Group settings.
4. At the top, in the group members section, tap Add .
5. Select the contacts that you want to invite.
6. Tap Done.

Invite by link

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to the group chat to which you want to add members.
3. In the top right, tap More   Group settings  Invite people by link.
   • You can also tap the group conversation app bar  Group settings  Invite people by link.
4. Select an invitation option:
   • To copy the invitation link to your clipboard, tap Copy link.
   • To share the invitation link via WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter or Facebook, tap Share link.
   • To reset an expired invitation link, tap Reset link.

Invite by QR code

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to the group chat you want to add members to.
3. In the top right, tap More Group Settings Invite people via QR code.
4. To have people join your group, download and share the QR code.

Tip: To reset your QR code, in the top right of the screen where you have the QR code, click More , then select Reset QR. Your current link and QR code will be deactivated and replaced with a new one.

Remove group members

Important: Only the group admin can remove group members.

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to the group chat from which you want to remove members.
3. In the top right, tap More   Group settings.
   • You can also tap the group conversation app bar  Group settings.
4. At the top, in the group members section, tap Remove .
5. Select the contacts that you want to remove.
6. Tap Done  Yes.

Leave a group

Important: After you leave a group, the chat history is removed. If the admin leaves the group, the second person to join is the new admin.

1.  On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to the group that you want to leave.
3. In the top right, tap More   Group settings  Leave group.
   • You can also tap the group conversation app bar  Group settings  Leave group.

Tip: You can delete the group and chat history when you leave a group. In the group conversation, in the top right, select Delete group.

Turn off notifications for a group

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to the group that you want to mute.
3. In the top right, tap More   Group settings  Notifications.
   • You can also tap the group conversation app bar  Group settings  Notifications.
4. Turn notifications off.

Turn off notifications for all messages

1. On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Go to Settings Notifications.
3. Turn Notifications off. This controls both private and group chat messages.

Report an issue

1.  On your device, open Google Pay .
2. Select the group for which you want to report the issue.
3. In the top right, tap More   Report group  Report.

Note: Please note that Google Pay will review the group and its recent messages for spam and other activity.