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How to Create a Group on Facebook

Facebook is a social media platform that is quite popular until now. Almost everyone around the world has a FB account. Although now it has faded a bit since the presence of other social media, Facebook’s popularity is still quite large.

How to Create a Group on Facebook

Facebook itself has many features, one of which is Groups. With a Group, you can create a community that may share a hobby or agree to discuss in the group.

Do you want to create your own Facebook group? If so, see the guide to creating the following Facebook group.

How to Create a Facebook Group

Actually, how to create a Facebook group is quite easy, you can make it through a browser or a special Facebook application on your cellphone or PC.

If you are still a beginner, please refer to the following steps:

  1. Login to your Facebook account
  2. If you have, on the home page, please press strip 3 which is on the top right
  3. Many menus will appear later, please select Group
  4. After that, a new page will appear, please move to the Create Group tab, then press the button Create Group.
  5. Write the name of the group and tick some of the friends who will be added to the group, click Next.
  6. Choose group privacy according to your needs.
  7. Select the cover photo to use by clicking Edit.
  8. Enter a group description according to the group you want to create.
  9. Then you can invite friends to join the group.
  10. Finally, write down the first post or greeting.
  11. Finished.

Facebook Group User Type

If you have finished creating a group then there are things that need to be understood in Facebook Groups, namely 3 types of group users and have their respective functions, what are they?

  1. The admin is the creator of the Facebook group, the admin has the authority to appoint moderators, delete groups, and has full policy on the group.
  2. Moderators are Facebook users who are trusted by the admin to manage the group such as deleting posts, removing users and others, the moderator position is under the admin
  3. Members are users who liven up the group such as making posts or participating in comments.

How to Leave a Facebook Group

If suddenly you are included in an unwanted or uncomfortable group. By leaving the group you will no longer receive notifications, comment and make posts in the Facebook group. You can leave the group by following these steps

  1. On the homepage press the dash 3, then select the Group menu.
  2. Select the Group you want to leave.
  3. Once the group is open, press Join under the cover photo then select Leave the Group.
  4. Finished.

How to Delete a Facebook Group

If you are bored with the group that has been created, you can delete it on the condition that you are an admin who created the group or the original group creator has left and you are already an admin.

Group members will not be notified of group deletion. Here’s how to delete a group, please see below

  1. Press the dash 3 select menu Group, then select the Group to delete.
  2. Once the group is open, select 3 dots > Other > View Group info > Member
  3. Press the gear sign next to each group member’s name > Remove from Group.
  4. When all group members have been removed, press OK then select Leave the Group.
  5. Press Exit and Delete Group on the confirmation page.
  6. Finished.

How to Archive a Facebook Group

By archiving a group, existing members can still view posts but cannot create posts, comment or respond. Only admins can archive groups, or groups that don’t have admins for a certain period of time will be automatically archived by Facebook.

Here’s how to archive a group

  1. Press the dash 3, then select the Group you want to archive.
  2. Press three dots, Other > View Group Info.
  3. Scroll down and select Archive Group.
  4. choose Confirmation.
  5. Finished.

The final word

So that’s how to create a group, leave a group, delete a group and archive a group on Facebook. Easy enough right? Hopefully useful and good luck!