How to Create a Google Group (with Pictures) – wikiHow
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Sign into your Google Account if necessary. If you aren’t signed into a Google Account, click the blue Sign in button in the top-right corner of the page, then enter your Google Account’s email address and password.
- You can also switch to a different Google Account by clicking your profile image in the upper-right corner of the screen and then either selecting a different account or clicking Add account and signing in with the account’s login information.
If you aren’t signed into a Google Account, click the bluebutton in the top-right corner of the page, then enter your Google Account’s email address and password.
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Add an email address username. Type whatever you want your group’s email username to be into the “Group email address” text box.
- For example, typing coffeepeople into this text box will set “[email protected]” as your group email address.
- If the email address you want to use is already taken, the text box’s contents will turn red and you’ll be asked to set a different name.
Type whatever you want your group’s email username to be into the “Group email address” text box.
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Select a primary language. In the “Group’s primary language” section, click the current language box to prompt a drop-down menu, then scroll to and click the language you want to use in the drop-down menu.
- Skip this step if your Google Group is already using the language you want to use.
In the “Group’s primary language” section, click the current language box to prompt a drop-down menu, then scroll to and click the language you want to use in the drop-down menu.
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Select a group type. In the “Group type” section, click the “Select a group type” drop-down box, then click one of the following options in the resulting drop-down menu:
- Email list — Allows you to contact all group members at once by emailing the Google Group email address.
- Web forum — Allows group members to post and reply to topics.
- Q&A forum — Allows group members to post questions, add answers, and mark addressed questions as answered.
- Collaborative inbox — Allows you to assign questions or topics to specific group members.
In the “Group type” section, click the “Select a group type” drop-down box, then click one of the following options in the resulting drop-down menu:
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Set your group’s permissions. You can determine who can view your group’s topics, post in the group, and join the group by doing the following:
- View Topics — Click the Select Groups of Users box, then click a privacy option to check or uncheck it.
- Post — Click the Select Groups of Users box, then click a privacy option to check or uncheck it.
- Join the Group — Click the Select who can join box, then check the option you want to use.
You can determine who can view your group’s topics, post in the group, and join the group by doing the following:
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