What’s changing
In May 2019, we’ll make some changes to the settings in Google Groups. In response to your ongoing feedback, we are updating Groups’ settings to make it easier for you and your users to manage and configure groups. Specifically, we will remove settings and features that are rarely used, and combine settings that cover similar functionality. These changes will affect the groups.google.com interface and also the
APIs used to manage groups.
Your existing groups may be affected by the upcoming settings changes. When the changes take effect, we’ll update the settings for existing groups. These updates may change how groups can be accessed and used.
Use this Help Center article to
see details of these changes and see how you can prepare for the update.
The changes will start to roll out on May 6, and may take up to 15 days to reach all domains.
Who’s impacted
Admins and end users
Why you’d take action
Some users who are not group owners or group managers but who currently have access to specific group management features may lose that access. We recommend you audit groups in your organization and adjust the settings before May 6 to make sure these users don’t lose access.
When the new settings take effect:
- Existing group settings will be updated to conform to the new controls available.
- Group owners will still be able to change the settings that apply to their group at any point.
- New groups will be subject to the same default controls that they are today.
How to get started
Additional details
In the next few days, users will see an in-product message about the upcoming changes when they use Groups. The message will direct them to the Help Center for an overview of the changes and change timeline.
Most groups will be affected in some way by these changes. You can use the Groups API to
get a list of all groups and
get a list of group owners in your organization, which might help you prepare for the changes.
Helpful links
Availability
Rollout details - Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2019
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2019 G Suite editions Available to all G Suite editions On/off by default? This feature will be ON by default.
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