Group Access & Visibility

Group Access & Visibility
As group owner of a group you've created, you have control over who can join your group and how much of its content is visible to non group members.

Group owners have several settings that regular group members don't have access to.

Finding the Owner Settings
There's an Owner Settings button available in the group navigation area. This button is visible to only group owners.

Owner Settings Tab

There's also an Owner Settings link available from the My Groups section in My Network.

Group owner settings link

Owner Settings Page
Clicking on the Owner Settings link or button will bring you to the owner settings page. Only those members listed as group owners will have access to these settings.

The group access and visibility settings are available toward the bottom of the page.

Group access and visibility.

Registration Approval controls approval of members who join. Auto Approval will automatically allow anyone who clicks on the Join This Group button to be added to the group, while Requires Approval allows you to accept or decline members' join requests manually.

Group Access controls who can see your group's content. If you choose Visible, non group members will be able to see (but not participate in) your group's activity. If you choose Hidden, you group's content will not be visible to anyone outside of the group.

Visibility controls whether or not your group is visible in the Group Directory. You can choose to have your group listing invisible to non group members, so no one but members knows it exists.

Allow Joins controls whether or not a Join This Group button appears on your group page.

You may choose to remove the button if you don't want anyone to be able to request to join the group.

Messaging Options controls who can send mass inbox messages and invitations to group members. By default, most groups are set to allow only group owners to send out direct inbox messages to all members. But there may be a case when you would like all group members to be able to direct message the entire group at once.

Messaging options

If you would like to allow all group members to be able to send mass inbox messages to everyone in your group, check the box next to "Group Members can send a message to the group".

If you change your mind later on and would like to remove the ability for all members to send messages, uncheck the box on the Owner Settings page.

Create This Group
Once you've made the changes to your group, be sure to click the Update This Group button at the bottom of the page to save your settings.

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