docs/system-admin-guide/users-permissions/groups/README.md
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# Manage Groups
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A **Group** is defined as a list of users which can be assigned to a project with a selected role. New groups can be defined in **Administration -> Users and permissions -> Groups**.
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OpenProject allows creating tailored project member **groups**, which grant additional permissions to individual users within a project. Instead of adding individual users to a project you can add a user group, e.g. Marketing. You can edit existing groups, create new ones, add and remove users or delete groups.
## Add a new group
After selecting **Groups** from the administration menu a list of the existing groups is shown, or a prompt to create a group if none exist.
Click the green **+ Group** button to create a new group.
Give a name for your new group, which must be unique, and click the blue **Create** button.
## Add users to a group, edit or remove groups
You can add users to a group and edit a group by clicking on the **name of the group** (1) and delete the group by clicking on **delete** icon in the respective line (2).
After clicking on a group's name, you can **change the group name**, **add or remove group members** and **assign groups to projects**.
### Add users to a group
Click the **Users** tab. Select the users you want to add to this group from the **New user** drop-down list. Click the blue **Add** button. Users already in the group are not shown in the list. Click the **X** next to a user to remove that user from the group.
Adding a user to a group also adds that user to the member list of *all* projects in which this group was assigned a [role](../roles-permissions) (e.g. Member).
Removing a user from a group removes the role from that user in any project using that group. If the user has no other roles (i.e. who were only added as a member of this group and not individually) they are removed from the respective project completely.
### Add a group to projects
Click the **Projects** tab. Select the projects you want to add this group to from the **New project** drop-down list. Tick the roles that you want the group to have. Click the blue **Add** button. Users in the group are added to that project's members using the role selected.
### Add global roles to a group
Click the **Global Roles** tab. Select the global roles you want to add to this group. Click the **Add** button.
In order to add a global role to a group, at least one global role needs to be [created](../roles-permissions) in the system (a role with the **Global role** field ticked).
### Delete a group
To delete a group click on the **delete** icon in the respective line of the group list.
Deleting a group removes the role from the members of any project using that group. If a user has no other roles (i.e. who were only added as a member of this group and not individually) he/she is removed from the respective project completely.
## Impact of groups on project members
Groups impact [project members lists](../../../getting-started/invite-members) and [user details](../users). Changes in groups, project members or users may affect the other two.
Find out more about the behavior of groups as project members from a project admin's perspective [here](../../../getting-started/invite-members/#behavior-of-groups-as-project-members).
## Group profile
Similar to users, groups have a profile page which shows their name and members. Each member of a group is only visible for users with the necessary permissions (e.g. user has permission to see this member in a common project or user is system administrator).
The profile page can be accessed via the group's [settings page](#add-users-to-a-group-edit-or-remove-groups), via the overview page of projects the group is a member of and via [mentions](../../../user-guide/work-packages/edit-work-package/#-notification-mention) of the group.