How to Create a New Google Group as a Google Workspace Administrator

Set up the group’s permissions.

​If you want your group to allow email from your customers and other email addresses outside of your Google Workspace account, you need to check the Publish posts box under the External column, as seen in the image above.

If you want to add email addresses outside of your Google Workspace account as Group members, make sure to enable Allow members outside your organization.

What you see in the image above is the most commonly used setup. Alternatively, you can use the pre-configured setups by choosing one from the options on top.

Public

• Join the group: anyone in the domain can do it
• View members list: anyone in the domain can do it
• Post messages: anyone in the domain can do it
• Read messages: anyone in the domain can do it

Team

• Join the group: only managers can invite members
• View members list: anyone in the domain can do it
• Post messages: anyone in the domain can do it 
• Read messages: anyone in the domain can do it

Announcement Only

• Join the group: anyone in the domain can do it 
• View members list: only managers can do it
• Post messages: only managers can do it 
• Read messages: anyone in the domain can do it ​

Restricted 

• Join the group: only managers can invite members
• View members list: only members of the group can do it
• Post messages: only members of the group can do it 
• Read messages: only members of the group can do it 

Custom

• Choosing any single permission that differs from the default presets results in your group being set to Custom. 

You can update any of these permissions later through the group’s settings and create a custom setup.

Click CREATE GROUP.