Creating/joining/inviting others to groups

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The group feature is a convenient way to let you chat with multiple friends at the same time.
You can create and invite people to your group for various purposes, such as staying connected with family, friends, or colleagues.

Topics covered
- Creating groups
- Inviting friends to groups and canceling their invitations
- Joining groups/declining group invitations

Creating groups:

Useful info

For information about the difference between main and sub devices, see Using the same LINE account on more than one device.

Main device

1. Tap the Home tab > Add friends icon

at the top right of the screen > Create a group.
2. Select the friends you want to add to the group and tap Next.
3. Enter a group name and tap Create.

Sub device

iPad

1. Tap the Home tab > Add friends icon

at the top right of the screen > Create a group.
2. Select the friends you want to add to the group and tap Next.
3. Enter a group name and tap Create.

Android

1. Tap the Home tab > Add friends icon

at the top right of the screen > Create a group.
2. Select the friends you want to add to the group and tap Next.
3. Enter a group name and tap Create.

Windows/Mac/Chrome

1. From the main menu, click Add friends icon

.
2. Click Create a group.
3. Select the friends you want to add and click Next.
4. Enter a group name, set a profile icon and then click Create.

About the Members join automatically setting
The Members join automatically setting lets you choose whether the friends you invite to a group are added automatically, or asked if they would like to join first.

If you create a group with this setting turned off, you will not be able to turn it on afterwards.

If Members join automatically is turned on:
The friends you invite will automatically be added to the group.

If Members join automatically is turned off:
The friends you invite will receive an invitation message, from which they can choose to Join or Decline. Friends who received an invitation message won't become official group members until they select Join in their invitation.

Note: If someone declines, they will continue to appear as a pending member and the person who created the group will not be notified.

Inviting friends to groups and canceling their invitations:
When a user joins a group, they can view Note and Album posts that were made during the time their membership was pending, but will not be able to see any chat messages posted before they joined.

The maximum number of people that can be invited per group differs depending on the Members join automatically setting.

If the setting is turned off:
Up to 499 people can be invited to a group (for a total of 500 group members when including the group's creator).

If the setting is turned on:
Up to 99 people can be invited to a group (for a total of 100 group members when including the group's creator).

To invite a friend to a group:

Be advised

To invite people to a group via QR code, invitation link, email, or text message, both you and the invitee must meet the following conditions.

• You are using the latest version of the LINE app.
• The person sending the invite has Invite by link or QR code turned on by going to menu icon

at the top of the group chat > Settings.

Useful info

For information about the difference between main and sub devices, see Using the same LINE account on more than one device.

Main device

1. Tap

at the top of a group chat > Invite.
2. Use one of the methods below to invite new members.

• From your friend list, select the friends you want to invite and tap Invite.
Note: Friends who have already been invited or are already in the group will appear grayed out.
• Tap QR code and share the QR code that appears with the people you want to invite.
• Tap Invite link > Copy link and share the link with the people you want to invite.
• Tap Email and send the QR code to the people you want to invite via email.
• Tap Text message > OK and send the invite link to the people you want to invite via text message.

If an issue such as invitees not receiving your invitations occurs, please contact your carrier or mobile service provider.

Sub device

iPad/Android

1. Tap

Windows/Mac/Chrome

1. Click

at the top of a group chat > Invite.
2. Select the friends you want to invite from your friend list, then click Invite.

Useful info

Anyone using LINE will be able to join the group. Please refrain from sharing the group's invite QR code or invite link in a place where unrelated third parties may see them.

If someone you don't know joined your group, refer to Someone I don't know joined my group.

To cancel an invitation:

Useful info

If the group was created with the Members join automatically setting turned on, you will need to remove them from the group.

Useful info

For information about the difference between main and sub devices, see Using the same LINE account on more than one device.

Main device

1. Tap

at the top of a group chat > Members.
2. Under Pending members, tap the member whose invitation you want to cancel.
3. Tap Cancel.

Sub device

iPad/Android

1. Tap

at the top of a group chat > Members.
2. Under Pending members, tap the member whose invitation you want to cancel.
3. Tap Cancel.

Windows/Mac

1. Click

at the top of a group chat > Settings.
2. Click Members & invites.
3. Under Pending, click X icon

next to the member whose invitation you want to cancel.
4. Click Yes.

Chrome

1. Click

at the top of a group chat > Edit this Group.
2. Under Pending, click X icon

next to the member whose invitation you want to cancel.
3. Click Yes.

Joining groups/declining group invitations:

Useful info

For information about the difference between main and sub devices, see Using the same LINE account on more than one device.

Main device

1. Tap the Home tab > Groups > Group invitations > the name of the group you've been invited to.
2. Tap Join or Decline.

Sub device

iPad/Android

1. Tap the Home tab > Groups > Group invitations > the name of the group you've been invited to.
2. Tap Join or Decline.

Windows/Mac/Chrome

1. From the main menu, click Friends

.
2. Right-click on the relevant group under Group invitations.
3. Click Join or Decline.

If you declined an invitation by mistake, you need to have a group member cancel the invitation and then invite you again.

Useful info

If you decline a group invitation, you will still be displayed as a pending member in the group. To have yourself not be shown to the group, you need to have the member who invited you cancel the invitation.