How to Moderate Pending Google Groups Posts

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

You can configure some group settings to send group posts to the moderation queue.

How group moderation works

After a post goes to the moderation queue, someone with moderation permissions must reject or approve it for delivery to all group members, as shown below.

How to moderate posts to 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 group’s name.

Step 2

On the bottom left, under Conversations, click Pending.

Step 3

Now you’ll see a list of all pending posts.

Click one of the two icons to the right of a pending post to approve or reject it.

Step 4

Moderate multiple posts at once

Alternatively, you can select multiple pending posts at once by checking the box (or profile picture) on the left of the poster’s name.

Then click the blue icons on the right above the posts list to approve or reject all selected posts at once.

Two new icons appear when you select one or more posts, which offer extra options:

Approve and always allow future messages from the same author
Report spam and ban author(s) from the forum

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Post to a Group From Google Groups

See how you can post to a group through its web forum interface.

Post on Behalf of a Group

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Moderate Pending Group Posts

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Lock a Group Post

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Star a Group Post

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Delete a Group Post

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