Module 1: Google Apps Education Edition > Chapter 3: Customize Google Apps for your school
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Previous Chapter: Getting around Google Apps
» Chapter 3: Customize Google Apps for your school
Add/remove services for your domain
Customize products for your domain
Google Message Security
Email security settings in Google Apps
Create "groups" for email lists and sharing

Groups Overview

Create a group

Define roles and permissions for a group

Create an email list or group for the entire school

Use groups without email

Share calendar, docs, sites and videos with a group

» Edit an existing group

Delete a group

Groups FAQ
More resources for Google Apps admins
Next Chapter: Google Apps FAQs


As a school year ends and another begins, you may find yourself needing to change memberships in the various groups you have created. You can edit group memberships, roles, and permissions at any time. Just go to an existing group's page:

If you know the group email address, enter the following URL into your browser's location box: https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/yourschool.org/Group?groupId=yourgroup@yourschool.org

For example, if you wanted to modify your 'faculty' group address, you would enter: https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/yourschool.org/Group?groupId=faculty@yourschool.org

If you don't know the group email address:

  1. Log in to your control panel at http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/yourschool.org 
  2. Click Users and Groups.
  3. Click the Groups tab.
  4. Browse through the list of groups until you find your group, and click on the group email address.

To add more users to your group:

  1. Go to the group's page in your control panel.
  2. Enter the usernames you'd like to add in the box under Add as a comma separated list.
  3. Click Add.

To remove users from your group:

  1. Go to the group's page in your control panel.
  2. Check the box next to the name(s) you want to remove.
  3. Click Remove from this list.
Please note: Removing a username from a list does not delete the user's account - he or she will simply stop receiving messages addressed to the list.

Also note that you can also add users to a list or remove them from lists by opening the user's profile. Look for the appropriate links in the Email lists section of the user's profile.

To change roles of members/owners in your group:

  1. Go to the group's page in your control panel.
  2. Check the box next to the member(s) whose roles you want to change, and select the role from the More Actions dropdown.
To modify permissions of who can send email in your group:
  1. Go to the group's page in your control panel.
  2. Click on Roles and Permissions.
  3. Select either the descriptive permission preset for the group or adjust the slider for Who can email this group directly.
  4. Click Save.