Edit a group

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To check, go to your organization at admin.atlassian.com and select Directory. If the Users and Groups lists are found here, then you are using the centralized user management. Learn more about the centralized user management

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As a site administrator or organization admin, Users is found under Product site.

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As an organization admin, Users is found under Directory tab.

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As an organization admin, you can edit a group. A user access admin can also edit groups, but only those that don’t give access to products they don’t administer.

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • User access admins

To edit the group name and description:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory > Groups.

  3. Select the group with the details you want to edit.

  4. Select the More actions icon (•••) next to Add group members.

    1. Select Edit group name to rename the group.

    2. Select Edit description to change the description.

  5. Select Save changes.

Editing group names is currently a beta feature, here’s some things to keep in mind:

  • You can’t edit the name of a group if it's used within some Jira administration settings or if it has a restricted or protected name. Some group name changes could have an impact on your apps.

  • If you edit a group name associated with a Jira Cloud automation rule, the rule will stop working.

Learn more about group name changes

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • User access admins

To manage or remove product access from a group:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Centralized: Select Directory > Groups.

  3. Select the group with the details you want to edit.

    1. To manage product access: In the Group product access table, select another role in the Product roles dropdown for the relevant product.

    2. To remove product access: In the Group product access table, select the More actions icon (•••) next to the relevant product and select Remove product from group.

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • User access admins

To add users to a group:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory > Groups.

  3. Select the group that you want to add users to.

  4. Select Add group members and search for the users you want to add.

  5. Select Add users.

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • User access admins

To remove users from a group:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select Directory > Groups.

  3. Select the group that you want to remove users from.

  4. In the user table, select the More actions icon (•••) for the user you want to remove.

  5. Select Remove member from group.

  6. Confirm that you want to remove this user, then select Remove from group.


Original user management content

As an organization admin, you can edit a group. A site admin can also edit groups, but only those within the sites they administer.

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • Site administrators

To edit the group description:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.

  3. Select the group with the details you want to edit.

  4. Select the More actions icon (•••) next to Add group members.

  5. Select Edit description to change the description.

  6. Select Save changes.

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • Site administrators

To manage or remove product access from a group:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.

  3. Select the group with the details you want to edit.

    1. To manage product access: In the Group product access table, select another role in the Product roles dropdown for the relevant product.

    2. To remove product access: In the Group product access table, select the More actions icon (•••) next to the relevant product and select Remove product from group.

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • Site administrators

To add users to a group:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.

  3. Select the group that you want to add users to.

  4. Select Add group members and search for the users you want to add.

  5. Select Add users.

Who can do this?

  • Organization admins

  • Site administrators

To remove users from a group:

  1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.

  2. Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.

  3. Select the group that you want to remove users from.

  4. In the user table, select the More actions icon (•••) for the user you want to remove.

  5. Select Remove member from group.

  6. Confirm that you want to remove this user, then select Remove from group.

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