Managing group membership

Group membership is invitation-only. Here is how to manage it.

Who can add or remove members#

• Group members can add another user (groups are intentionally self-growing — anyone in the group can pull a colleague in).
• Group admins can change another member's role and remove members. The founder is automatically the first admin.
• Workspace admins and owners can manage any group, regardless of membership.

Adding a member#

From the group's settings (Settings → Administration → Groups → your group), search for a user and click them. They are added immediately and auto-join every default channel attached to the group.

You can also add members from the creation dialog when first making the group.

Removing a member#

From the same settings panel, click the trash icon next to a member. Removing the last member is blocked — every group must have at least one member. To dissolve a group entirely, archive it instead.

When you remove someone:

• They lose access to the group's feed.
• They keep their existing memberships in any default channels they joined via this group. If you also want them out of those channels, an admin needs to remove them from each channel directly.

Roles#

• Member — can post in the feed, mention the group, add other members.
• Admin — everything members can do, plus add or remove default channels, change other members' roles, archive the group.

Bots#

Bots can't be members. The user picker filters them out; the API rejects any attempt to add a bot. If you need automated participation, add an agent (agents can be members and respond to @group mentions).