About group aliases

Premium and Enterprise groups can have aliases for their group name that members can use in place of the name assigned to the group when it was created. For example, an alias might be easier than the actual group name for some group members to remember. If your group’s members tend to use variations of the group’s name, you can create aliases for the variations (as long as the aliases are not already used by other groups). Those aliases would then take members to the main group’s website at Groups.io, and members could use the aliases to send email messages to the group.

Note: Subgroups can also have aliases.

Group aliases could include different forms of the group’s name, such as:

• A singular form or a plural form
• An abbreviated form or an expanded form
• A form that includes hyphens or a form that does not

Creating a group alias

1. Desktop browser: In the left menu on the group’s website, select Admin > Preferences > Aliases.
   Mobile device: At the bottom of a group page, tap the More icon, then select Admin > Preferences > Aliases on the More menu.
2. On the Aliases page, enter an alternate name for your group in the Group Alias field.
   Note: As with group names, aliases cannot contain spaces, plus signs, slashes, periods, or underscores (hyphens are allowed), and they are limited to a maximum of 34 characters.
3. Click or tap the Add Group Alias button. The alias appears at the top of the page.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for any other aliases you want to add.

Removing a group alias

1. Desktop browser: In the left menu on the group’s website, select Admin > Preferences > Aliases.
   Mobile device: At the bottom of a group page, tap the More icon, then select Admin > Preferences > Aliases on the More menu.
2. In the list of group aliases at the top of the Aliases page, click or tap the x next to the alias that you want to remove.