Manage space settings

As a space owner or manager, you can:

Control who can join a space.
Control who can manage members and groups.
Change whether the space is accessible to anyone in your organization or only to people you invite.
Control permissions for space members.
Control whether non-members can request to join a space.

Important:

To manage space settings, you need a Google Workspace account.
When you create a space, you can invite people outside of your organization into a space. However, they won’t have access to some features, such as updating space details or adding people. Learn more about chatting with people outside your organization.

Learn about role capabilities

Capability	Owner	Manager	Member
Delete a space	👁 Checkmark
Approve requests to join	👁 Checkmark	👁 Checkmark (If the user can manage members)
Change another owner's role	👁 Checkmark
Make another space member an owner	👁 Checkmark
Make another space member a manager	👁 Checkmark	👁 Checkmark
Change the space access setting	👁 Checkmark	👁 Checkmark
Configure emailability	👁 Checkmark	👁 Checkmark
Delete any message in the space	👁 Checkmark	👁 Checkmark
Control whether users can request to join a space	👁 Checkmark	👁 Checkmark

If you're a space owner or manager, you can make a space accessible to anyone in your organization or only to people you invite.

On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
On the left, select a space.
At the top, click the space name 👁 and then
Space settings 👁 Image
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Under the "Access" section, select a space access level:
- Private: Users can't find or join this space unless you add them.
- Discoverable: Anyone in your organization can find the space.
- Open: Anyone in your organization can find and join the space and preview messages.
If your space is private, discoverable, or open to a group of users that is smaller than your entire organization, you can choose whether users are allowed to request to join the space.
Click Save.

If you have multiple target audiences:

Next to "Advanced access settings," click Advanced 👁 Image
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Select who can join and who can find your space.
- You can add only one audience in the "Who can join" field and multiple audiences in the "Who can find" field.
Turn Request to join on or off.
Click Done.

Tip: If you already allow people outside your organization to join the space, you can't make the space discoverable or open to others.

On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
On the left, select a space.
At the top, click the space name 👁 and then
Space settings 👁 Image
.
Under the "Permissions" section, select whether all members, managers and owners, or owners only, can:
- Modify space board and details
- Turn history on or off
- Use @all
- Manage apps
- Manage webhooks
Click Save.