Chats and calls

Create and manage groups

In groups, you chat with several connections at once, end-to-end encrypted.

Create a group

1. Tap Chats, the pencil at the top right, then New Group.
2. Choose a picture if you like, and enter a name under Group Name.
3. Choose the members from your connections.
4. Tap Create.

Everyone gets an invitation and decides for themselves. Invitees find it under Chats › Requests and tap Accept or Decline.

A group has at most 256 members, including you.

Picture and description

Admins tap the group name at the top, then Edit. There they change the picture, name and Description and tap Save. Everyone in the group sees the picture and description.

Members and admins

• Add members: tap the group name at the top, then Add Members. New members see messages from the moment they join.
• Manage a member: tap their name. Admins can choose Make admin, Remove as admin and Remove from Group.

Only admins can add or remove members and make others admins.

Leave a group

Tap the group name at the top, then Leave Group. You then no longer receive messages from the group. The history stays on your iPhone.

If you’re the last admin, the member who has been in the group longest becomes admin.

Last checked: 11 November 2026