Manage group settings in GroupMe (2024)

From Settingsyou can:

• Edit group details(owner/adminonly): You can Change your group's avatar (profile picture), Edit group name, Edit topic, or Change the Like icon.

• Edit your profile(all members): You can Change your profile picture or Edit your nickname.

• Enable share link(owner/admin only): You can enable the ability to share your group with a link.

  Important:Anyone with the link to your group will be able to join, even if they are not in the community.

• Personalization

  • Customize group(owner/admin only): Apply a theme to your group.

  • Emoji like(owner/admin only) - Choose which Emoji members can use to like messages. It will default to a heart.

• Privacy

  • Who can join?(owner/admin only): Choose to allow Anyone to join or Approved members only which will require admin approval.

    • With Approved members enabled you can also havepotential group members answer a question before joining the group.SelectAdd a joinquestion and enter the question you want answered.

• Visibility (owner/admin only):

  • Hidden: Your group will be set to Hidden by default and will only be open to invited members.

  • Visible only to your school name:If you've joined Campus Connect, you can select to make this groupVisible only to your school name.

  • Visible to everyone: Your group will be visible to everyone, and they can find it by name or location.

• Permission(owner/admin only):

  • Everyone can edit:Select to allow Everyone can editso all members can add or removemembers.

  • Admins only: Select to allow Admins onlyso only admins can add or remove members.

• Notifications(all members)

  • Sound: customize your notification options.

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• Group Actions

  • Create shortcut for this group(all members): Add an icon for this group to your home screen.

  • Unhide hidden messages(all members): Select to unhide any previously hidden messages in the group.

  • Clear chat history(all members): Select to clear all messages for this group.

  • Hide chat(all members): Hide this chat from your Chats tab.

  • Clone group(all members):If you choose to create a new group by cloning an existing one, the cloned group will be created as a normal GroupMe chat and will not show up in community search.

  • Change owner(owner/admin only): Give ownership ofthis group to another member.

  • Report a concern(all members): Report a concern regarding this group.

  • Leave group(all members): Leave a group that you were invited to.

  • End group(owner/admin only): Ending a group will also delete the group and cannot be undone.

From Settingsyou can:

• Edit group(owner/admin only): You can Change your group's Avatar (profile picture), edit Group Name, editTopic, or change the Emoji like option.

• Edit Profile(all members): You can Change your Avatar (profile picture) or edit your Nickname.

• Clone group(all members):If you choose to create a new group by cloning an existing one, the cloned group will be created as a normal GroupMe chat and will not show up in community search.

• Enable sharing(owner/admin only): You can enable the ability to share your group with a link.

  Important:Anyone with the link to your group will be able to join, even if they are not in the community.

• Personalization

  • Customize group(owner/admin only): Apply a theme to your group.

  • Emoji like(owner/admin only):Choose which Emoji members can use to like messages. It will default to a heart.

• Privacy

  • Who can join?(owner/admin only): Choose to allow Anyone to join or Approved members only which will require admin approval.

    • With Approved members enabled you can also havepotential group members answer a question before joining the group.SelectAdd a joinquestion and enter the question you want answered.

• Visibility (owner/admin only):

  • Hidden: Your group will be set to Hidden by default and will only be open to invited members.

  • Visible only to your school name:If you've joined Campus Connect, you can select to make this groupVisible only to your school name.

  • Visible to everyone: Your group will be visible to everyone, and they can find it by name or location.

• Permission(owner/admin only):

  • Everyone:Select to allow Everyoneso all members can add or removemembers.

  • Admins only: Select to allow Admins onlyso only admins can add or remove members.

• Change owner(owner/admin only): Give ownership ofthis group to another member.

• Clear chat history(all members): Select to clear all messages for this group.

• Report a concern(all members): Report a concern regarding this group.

• Leave group(all members): Leave a group that you were invited to.

• End group(owner/admin only): Ending a group will also delete the group and cannot be undone.

From Settingsyou can:

• Set Group Avatar(owner/admin only): Add or update your group's avatar (profile picture).

• Group Name(owner/admin only): Edityour group'sname,

• Topic(owner/admin only): Edit your group's topic.

• Mute(all members): Mute notifications from this group.

• Enable Group Sharing(owner/admin only): You can enable the ability to share your group with a link.

  Important:Anyone with a link to your group will be able to join, even if they are not in the community.

• Personalization

  • Customize Group(owner/admin only): Apply or Changetheme foryour group.

  • Like Icon(owner/admin only):Choose which Emoji members can use to like messages. It will default to a heart.

• Privacy

  • Who can join?(owner/admin only): Choose to allow Anyone to join or Approved members only which will require admin approval.

    • With Approved members enabled you can also havepotential group members answer a question before joining the group.SelectAdd Join Question, then select Editnext to Custom Join Questiontoenter the question you want answered.

• Visibility (owner/admin only):

  • Hidden: Your group will be set to Hidden by default and will only be open to invited members.

  • Visible to everyone: Your group will be visible to everyone, and they can find it by name or location.

  • Visible only to your school name:If you've joined Campus Connect, you can select to make this groupVisible only to your school name.

• Permission(owner/admin only):

  • Everyone can edit:Select to allow Everyone can editso all members can add or removemembers.

  • Only admins can edit: Select to allow Only admins can editso only admins can add or remove members.

• Clone group(all members):If you choose to create a new group by cloning an existing one, the cloned group will be created as a normal GroupMe chat and will not show up in community search.

• Clear chat history(all members): Select to clear all messages for this group.

• Change owner(owner/admin only): Give ownership ofthis group to another member.

• Leave group(all members): Leave a group that you were invited to.

• End Group(owner/admin only): Ending a group will also delete the group and cannot be undone.