How to Add a Prefix to the Subject of All Emails Coming From a Google Group

Quick and easy-to-follow guide for Google Workspace administrators

When to add a subject prefix and how it works (for differentiation and sorting)

You can automatically prefix text to the subject of all group emails to quickly figure out which group an email came from when viewing your Gmail mailbox.
For example, if you have a group only for announcing updates, you may add a prefix [update], and any email notifications will include [update] at the beginning of the subject. If a sender’s subject is New setting coming soon, it will become [update] New setting coming soon.

How to add a subject prefix to emails from a group step-by-step with images

Step 1

Go to Groups at https://groups.google.com and find the group in one of the directories listed on the left: My groups, Recent groups, All groups, or Favorite groups. Then click the three dots icon to the right and select Group settings.

Step 2

In the Subject prefix setting, type something in brackets: [ ]

Step 3

Click Save changes at the bottom.

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