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* docs: user guide for the 7.1 apps * docs, website: guide order, badge benefits, message expiry; soft line breaks on the site * docs: guide videos for the first profile, invitations, joining and the address * docs: guide screens with the iPhone status bar * docs: guide shows full and cut screens only * docs: guide pages corrected in place, keeping master's structure * docs: group chat and SimpleX address pictures in the iPhone frame * docs: plainer wording in the guide * docs: guide checked against how SimpleX explains its features * docs: guide answers on profiles, channel privacy, SOCKS and names * docs: android guide picture from the emulator in the pixel 7 frame
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title: Groups
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---
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# Groups
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Groups are decentralized: the group profile and the member list are stored on
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members' devices, and servers have no information about the group. Every
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message gets sent separately to every member in the group, which suits smaller
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groups. Files are uploaded to file servers once, and each member can download
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them from there. For large audiences, use [channels](./channels.md).
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## Creating a group
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<img src="./images/groups-create.png" alt="Create group screen with the group name field, the Create group button and the Incognito switch" width="330"> <img src="./images/groups-chat.png" alt="A group conversation with messages from several members" width="330">
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- Tap on the pencil button in the lower right-hand of the chat list.
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- Tap on "Create group".
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- Enter group display name.
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- Tap on "Create group".
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Unless Incognito is on, the app then shows your contacts. Select the ones to
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invite and tap "Invite to group", or skip this step and [add
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members](#adding-members) later.
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## Group preferences
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On the group page, in "Group preferences", group owners can choose whether to
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allow disappearing messages, direct messages, deleting for everyone, message
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reactions, voice messages, files and media, SimpleX links, and visible history
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for new members.
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## Adding members
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- Open a group.
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- Tap group name, then tap "Invite members".
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- Select contacts you wish to invite.
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- Tap on "Invite to group".
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## Joining a group
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When you receive the invitation to join the group you can accept it both from the conversation with your contact and from the list of conversations.
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To join a group via its link, open the link in the app, tap "Open group", then
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"Join group" (see [Join some user groups](./README.md#join-some-user-groups)).
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## Leaving a group
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Tap and hold (Android), swipe (iOS) or right-click (desktop) the group in the
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list of the conversations to leave the group.
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You can also leave the group from the group page:
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- Open a group conversation.
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- Tap group name.
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- Scroll to the bottom and tap "Leave group".
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After you leave, the group stays in the list of the conversations. To delete it
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from your device, tap "Delete group" on the group page. Owners can tap "Delete
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group" without leaving, to delete the group for all members.
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## Member permissions
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Open a group and tap on group's name to view members list, there you can tap on a member and change their role.
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- Observer: can only read messages, add reactions and use "Chat with admins"
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(and delete or mark deleted the messages they sent before their role was
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changed).
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- Member: can send messages and delete own messages.
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- Moderator: Same as member, but can delete the messages of others and block
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members for all.
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- Admin: Same as moderator, but can also invite members, create a group link,
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remove members from the group and change their roles.
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- Owner: Same as admin, but can also edit the group profile and the welcome
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message, change group preferences and delete the group for all members.
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Moderators, admins and owners can act only on members with the same or a lower
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role.
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## Link to join group
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<img src="./images/groups-info.png" alt="Group page as seen by an admin, with Create group link" width="288">
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If you are a group owner or admin, you can create a link that can be used by anyone to join the group, making a group more public.
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- Open a group conversation.
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- Tap group name.
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- Tap on "Create group link".
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Once the link is created, you can also change the role assigned to members when they join.
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## Welcome message
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If you are a group owner you can create a welcome message that will be shown to all new members joining group.
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To create it, tap "Add welcome message" on the group page.
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