# Manage Groups

This section discusses topics related to managing groups of users in Kloudfuse.

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- [Find a Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#find-group)

- [Create a New Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#create-group)

- [Assign Group Members](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#assign-group-members)

- [Change a Member’s Permission](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#change-member-permission)

- [Update Group Email](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#update-group-email)

- [Delete a Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#delete-group)

To manage groups, follow these steps:

1. Select the **Admin** tab, and then the **Group Management** option in the drop-down menu.

2. The **Group Management** interface appears. It contains the following:
   
   1. Search bar to locate specific groups
   2. Add New Group button
   3. List of existing groups, including the group **Name**, **Email**, and the number of **Members**.

3. Proceed to make changes, as described in [Find a Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#find-group), [Create a New Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#create-group), [Assign Group Members](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#assign-group-members), [Change a Member’s Permission](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#change-member-permission), [Update Group Email](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#update-group-email), and [Delete a Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#delete-group).

## Find a Group

In large organizations, it may be hard to find an existing group. Kloudfuse enables you to find groups through our Search function.

1. In **Group Management**, click the **Search** bar.

2. Start typing the key word, and Kloudfuse automatically filters the list of potential matches.

Here, we are looking for the group we created in **Create a New Group**, **_favorite_people_**.

3. When you find the group you plan to change, hover over the **Members** field, and select the **Edit** (pencil) icon to start making the planned changes.

## Create a New Group

Admin users can create new groups.

To create a new group, follow these steps:

1. Click the **Add New Group** button.

2. The **New Group** interface appears.

3. Create a new group by specifying its fields.
   
   1. **Name:** Enter the name of the new group.
   2. **Email:** Enter the email associated with the group.

4. Click **Create**.

Here, we create a new group with name `favorite_people`, and email `heroes`.

5. You should see a notification that Kloudfuse successfully created the new group.

6. The **New Group** detail interface appears.

7. You can now [Assign Group Members](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#assign-group-members) and [Change a Member’s Permission](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#change-member-permission), [Update Group Email](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#update-group-email), or exit.

## Assign Group Members

Group members can have one of two roles within the group:

- **Admin**: This member can manage the group.
- **Member**: This member cannot change group parameters or permissions of other members.

To assign members to a group, follow these steps:

1. Click the **Add Member** button in the **Group Management** detail interface for the group you plan to change.

This could be a new group that you just created, or a group that existed for some time.

2. The **Members** section expands so you can select or find an existing user, assign their role within the group, and review their permissions.

3. To select a user from the **User** menu, click the drop-down, and select a user in the list.

Alternatively, search for the user by username.

You can change the role within the group before adding the user. By default, all users have Member group role; you can change it to **Admin**.

Here, we add **_user7_** as **Member**.

4. Click **Save**.

5. Kloudfuse confirms that you successfully added a new member to the group, and updates the list of members.

6. Proceed to add more users to the group.

Notice that the number in the **Members** field increases with each new member of the group.

## Change a Member’s Permission

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By default, each new person that you add to a group has a Member permission level. You can easily change the permission to Admin, or change an Admin to Member.
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To change the Permission of a group member, follow these steps:

1. Select the group where you want to make a change.

If you are struggling to locate the correct group, see [Find a Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#find-group).

2. In the **Members** section of the **Group Management** detail interface of the group, click the **Permission** field, and select a different permission.

Here, we change the permission for **_user5_** from **_Member_** to **_Admin_**.

3. Kloudfuse notifies you that the permission is successfully updated.

4. The **Members** section of the **Group Management** detail interface shows the changed permission.

Here, **_user5_** is now an **_Admin_**.

## Update Group Email

To change the Email of an existing group, follow these steps:

1. Select the group where you want to make a change.

If you are struggling to locate the correct group, see [Find a Group](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/3.2.5/admin-group-management/#find-group).

2. In the **Settings** section of the **Group Management** detail interface of the group, click the **Email** field, and enter a new email.

Here, we change the email for group **_favorite_people_** from `heroes@kloudfuse.com` to `favorites@kloudfuse.com`.

## Delete a Group

As organizational needs change, we recommend that you delete groups that no longer serve a business need.

To delete a group, follow these steps:

1. Hover your pointer over the **Members** field of the group you plan to delete from the system.

2. When the **Delete** (trashcan) icon appears, click it.

Here, we are deleting the group **_test2_**.

3. Kloudfuse prompts you to confirm deleting the group.

You can click **Delete** to confirm, or **Cancel** to stop deleting the group.

4. You should see a notification that Kloudfuse deleted the group successfully.

5. The **Group Management** interface no longer lists the group **_test2_**.