How to manage Google Group membership

Overview

This article outlines how Google Group owners and managers can add or remove group members and change member roles.

Adding/removing group members

Adding people with MHC email addresses

1. Go to your Google Groups and make sure My Groups is selected
2. Choose Members then Add Members
3. Enter MHC email addresses of people to invite and write a quick invitation message
4. Toggle on the switch at the bottom of the dialog box that says "Directly add members"
5. Choose add members

Adding people external to the MHC domain

Enable external members:

1. Go to your Google Groups and make sure My Groups is selected
2. Choose the group you own that you want to add members to by selecting its name on the list
3. In the left menu, choose Group Settings > General
4. Near the bottom of that section, select ON for the question "Allow external members" 
5. Save

Add external members: 

1. Choose Members then Add Members.
2. Enter email addresses of people to invite and write a quick invitation message
3. Toggle off the switch at the bottom of the dialog box that says "Directly add members"
4. Choose send invites

Managing member roles

1. Go to your Google Groups and make sure My Groups is selected
2. Choose the group you own that you want to change member roles in by selecting its name from the list
3. Choose Members
4. Find the user whose role you'd like to change
5. Under the Role column in their row, select the down arrow and choose your preferred role 
   • Read Google's help article about what each of the roles means

You can also manage each member's subscription and their posting permissions.