Change Users & Groups Group preferences on Mac

If you’re an administrator of your Mac, you can use the Groups pane of Users & Groups System Preferences to view or change a group’s membership, or change its name. Learn how to set up a new group.

To change these preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Users & Groups , then select a group in the list on the left.

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Note: If the lock at the bottom left of the pane is locked , click it to unlock the preference pane.

Option	Description
Name	Change the group’s name.
Membership	Add users to a group, or add groups to a group list. Deselect a user or group in the list to exclude them as a member.
Add and Remove	Add and remove groups. Create a new group: Click the Add button , then enter the information for the new group. Delete a group: Select it in the list, then click the Remove button . See Delete a user or group.

Option

Description

Name

Change the group’s name.

Membership

Add users to a group, or add groups to a group list. Deselect a user or group in the list to exclude them as a member.

Add and Remove

Add and remove groups.

Create a new group: Click the Add button , then enter the information for the new group.
Delete a group: Select it in the list, then click the Remove button . See Delete a user or group.

You can control a group’s access to your shared folders by setting access permissions in the File Sharing section of Sharing preferences. See Set up file sharing.

You can also set group access permissions for folders and files inside your shared folders or elsewhere on your Mac. These access permissions also apply to users who log in to your Mac directly instead of connecting to your Mac for file sharing. See Change permissions for files, folders, or disks.

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Change Users & Groups Group preferences on Mac