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How to Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users at Once

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

Bulk creation limit

  • If you need to add lots of users, you can almost always create them all at once.
  • You can upload up to 150,000 users in one go.

How to bulk upload users to Google Workspace from a CSV file step-by-step with images

Step 1

How To Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users At Once - Step 1

Go to the Admin console https://admin.google.com and click Users or Manage.

Step 2

How To Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users At Once - Step 2

Click the Bulk update users button on top.

Step 3

How To Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users At Once - Step 3

Download a blank CSV file template

Click the DOWNLOAD BLANK CSV TEMPLATE link to get a template file in .csv format, where you can fill in your users’ info.

Step 4

How To Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users At Once - Step 4

Upload and open the blank CSV file template with Google Drive

Upload the file you just downloaded to Google Drive at https://drive.google.com and then right-click it and select Open with > Google Sheets.

Step 5

How To Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users At Once - Step 5

Add information to the CSV file

Fill out the spreadsheet with your users’ information. Make sure to fill out all columns where the header says [Required]. The required ones are:

  • First Name – The user’s first name.
  • Last Name – The user’s last name.
  • Email Address – The user’s email address in your Google Workspace.
  • Password – The password, no less than eight characters.
  • Org Unit Path – The Organizational Unit where you want to add users. Type a forward slash ( / ) to add users to the top-level OU.

    You can select sub-OUs by typing their name after the first forward slash, for example:
    /Tech Support

    You can select sub-OUs of sub-OUs by adding yet more and more forward slashes, for example:
    /Tech Support/New Hires


Other noteworthy columns are:

Step 6

How To Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users At Once - Step 6

Save this file to your device as a .csv

When you fill out all the user info, you need to export the spreadsheet as a .csv file. Click File > Download as and select Comma-separated values (.csv).

Step 7

How To Bulk Add Google Workspace Users: Create Multiple Users At Once - Step 3

Upload the CSV file

Now go back to Users > Bulk update users. Then click ATTACH CSV and select the new .csv file on your computer. Finally, click UPLOAD.

Propagation - make sure to be patient

It may take time for users to show up in the Users list when using the bulk add option. In rare cases, it can take up to 24 hours. 

In the meantime, you can find them using the search feature if you want to update their settings.

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