BeginnerLesson 1 of 58 min
What a Google Group is
One address that stands for many people. It can receive email and it can be given access.
A Google Group is a list of people with one email address, such as sales@yourcompany.com. It does two jobs. Email sent to the address reaches everyone in the group. And anything shared with the address is shared with everyone in the group.
What groups are used for
- Team email lists. One address for the whole department.
- Collaborative inboxes. A shared address like support@ where messages can be assigned to a person and marked resolved.
- File access. Share a shared drive with a group and every member gets in.
- Calendar invites. Invite the group and the guest list follows the membership.
- Admin policy. Apply a setting to just the people in a group.
Roles inside a group
| Role | Can do |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything. Change settings, add and remove people, delete the group. |
| Manager | Add and remove people and moderate. Cannot delete the group. |
| Member | Receive mail and use whatever the group has access to. |
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Facts checked November 12, 2026