How to create a WhatsApp group

What is important to know

Group chats are convenient for joint conversations when you need to quickly inform several people at once of any information or discuss it together. The number of users in WhatsApp groups is limited to 256 people. While in such a chat, you will see all the messages that any of the participants will send. In the same way, all your messages can be read by anyone present in the conversation.

You can select members directly at the stage of creating a group and later through its settings. Special links are also used to invite new members. By clicking on them, anyone can join the conversation, so be careful and send an invitation only to those you trust. Everyone who receives your link will be able to forward it to other people, and they will also join. You can revoke the link if you wish. Then it will become invalid and no one else will be able to enter it.

After creating a group, you become its administrator and can add or remove members, as well as create invitation links and cancel them. In addition, it is allowed to appoint any of the users as an administrator, and then he will receive the same rights.

How to create a WhatsApp group

On iOS

On the "Chats" tab, tap "New Group", and then mark the participants or use the search and click "Next".

Enter the name of the group, set an avatar using a photo from the gallery, emoji or sticker, and also enable disappearing messages if necessary and set their lifetime. After that, tap "Create".

On Android

Go to the "Chats" tab and select "New Group" through the menu button.

Tag the people you want to invite, give the chat a name, select an avatar, and confirm group creation.

How to add members to whatsapp group from settings

On iOS

Tap the group name, scroll through the list of options, and open Add Members.

Select people from the list or search through the search, and then click "Add" and confirm the action.

On Android

Tap on the name of the group, click on the "Add" icon, and then mark the people you want and tap the confirm button.

How to add members to whatsapp group by link

On iOS

Open the group settings by tapping on the name, and click "Share".

Select "Share" again to send the link through the standard menu, or copy it or display it as QR code. Here, if necessary, you can reset the link so that no one can join using it.

On Android

Go to the properties of the group by clicking on the name and scroll to the item "Invite by link".

Select one of the options, such as "Share Link" to send via the standard sharing menu. Clicking "Reset Link" will terminate the link and members will no longer be able to join the group using it.

How to make an admin or remove a member from a WhatsApp group

On iOS

Touch the name of the chat to go to the settings, scroll to the list of participants and select the one you need.

Tap "Make group admin" to give him admin rights. After that, a corresponding note will appear next to the person's name. From the same menu, you can make the admin a regular user, as well as remove from the chat.

On Android

Go to the properties of the group by clicking on the name and find the right person in the list of members.

Tap Make Group Admin to make the user an admin. A badge of the same name will be displayed opposite his name. Using the same menu, you can "demote" the admin to a simple user, and also remove him from the group.

Artyom Kozoriz