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How to add a group to or remove a group from the community
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Note: Communities on WhatsApp is available in limited countries and may not be available to you yet. Check back to see when communities will be available in your area.
Add a group to the community
Community admins have the option of either creating a new group or adding an existing group that they are an admin of to the community.
Create a new group
- Open the WhatsApp Community and navigate to the community info.
- Click Manage Groups > Create new group.
- Enter the group subject. This will be the name of the group that all participants will see.
- The subject limit is 25 characters.
- You can also Add group icon.
- Click the green check mark when you’re finished.
Add an existing group
- Open the WhatsApp Community and navigate to the community home.
- Click Manage groups > Add existing groups.
- Select groups you’re an admin of, then click the green arrow when you’re finished.
Remove a group from the community
- Open the WhatsApp Community from the communities tab or from the community announcement group.
- Click Manage groups.
- Under Groups in this community, click the X icon next to the group you want to remove > REMOVE.
- You can also navigate to the group home > Remove From Community > REMOVE.
Note:
- You can only add an existing group to a community if you are an admin of that group.
- If you are a group admin but not a community admin and you wish to remove your group from the community, you must contact a community admin.
- We are rolling out closed groups and it may not be available to you yet. Please check back to see when closed groups will be available in your area.
- When a group is disconnected from a community, a system message will appear in both the group and the community announcement group.
- A community must have at least one group, in addition to the announcement group, at all times.
- To remove the last remaining group from a community, you must first add or create another group in the community.