Edit a group
Which user management experience do you have?
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one. Then 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
Centralized | Original |
As an organization admin, Users is found under Directory tab.  | As a site admin or organization admin, Users is found under App site.  |
Jump to the
Centralized user management content
How to use groups in Atlassian Government Cloud Atlassian Government organizations should provision users and groups from an identity provider. Group details and membership will sync to your Atlassian organization. Understand user provisioning |
Update name or description
Who can do this? |
To edit the group name and description:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select Directory > Groups.
Select the group with the details you want to edit.
Select the More actions icon (•••) next to Add group members.
Select Edit group name to rename the group.
Select Edit description to change the description.
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.
Manage or remove app access
Who can do this? |
To manage or remove app access from a group:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select Directory > Groups.
Select the group with the details you want to edit.
To manage existing app access: In the Group app access table, select another role in the Roles dropdown for the relevant app.
To remove existing app access: In the Group app access table, select the Role dropdown for the relevant product, and deselect all roles to remove app access.
To perform multiple user management actions: Next to the Group app access table, select Add app. You’ll see a table with your organization’s apps. In the Roles dropdown next to each app, select and deselect roles to change the group’s app access. Then, select Update access to save the changes.
Add users
Who can do this? |
To add users to a group:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select Directory > Groups.
Select the group that you want to add users to.
Select Add group members and search for the users you want to add.
Select Add users.
Remove users
Who can do this? |
To remove users from a group:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select Directory > Groups.
Select the group that you want to remove users from.
In the user table, select the More actions icon (•••) for the user you want to remove.
Select Remove member from group.
Confirm that you want to remove this user, then select Remove from group.
Original user management content
Update name or description
Who can do this? |
To edit the group name and description:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.
Select the group with the details you want to edit.
Select the More actions icon (•••) next to Add group members.
Select Edit group name to rename the group.
Select Edit description to change the description.
Select Save changes.
Manage or remove app access
Who can do this? |
To manage or remove product access from a group:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.
Select the group with the details you want to edit.
To manage app access: In the Group app access table, select another role in the Roles dropdown for the relevant app.
To remove app access: In the Group app access table, select the More actions icon (•••) next to the relevant app and select Remove app from group.
Add users
Who can do this? |
To add users to a group:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.
Select the group that you want to add users to.
Select Add group members and search for the users you want to add.
Select Add users.
Remove users
Who can do this? |
To remove users from a group:
Go to Atlassian Administration. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select the site's name and URL to open the Admin for that site, then select Groups.
Select the group that you want to remove users from.
In the user table, select the More actions icon (•••) for the user you want to remove.
Select Remove member from group.
Confirm that you want to remove this user, then select Remove from group.
Was this helpful?