Before you search for your groups, make sure that you’re in the organization view instead of the public view.
This means that the groups you see and join will be within your organization, and not public.
To search for a group, at the top of any Groups page, type a word or phrase in the search box. To help you search faster, Groups suggests search terms as you type. Click one of the suggestions to open it, or click Search to see a list of results.
You can subscribe to any group in your Groups directory that's open to new members. Some groups let you subscribe directly, while others might require you to send a request.
1. In the Groups directory, click the group to open the group's page.
2. On the group's page, click Join group or Apply to join group.
3. Choose how you want to read messages that are sent to the group, whether or not to link to your Google profile and show your picture on posts, and the display name you want members to see. Then click Join this group or Apply to join this group.
A group can contain one or more topics. A topic is just like a conversation—it contains one or more posts (or messages) about a particular subject.
In this section, you learn how to:
To view a group's Topics page, open the group's page in the Groups directory.
If your group has too many topics to browse easily, you can quickly organize and find topics using search, filters, and tags.
Search for a specific topic:
Filter topics:
On the Topics page, click Filters to see your options.
Note: If you don’t see Filters, it means you don’t have the filter permissions for this particular group.
Check any filters you want to apply to the topic list.
Click Apply selected filters to display a list of topics that match your filters.
(Optional) To return to the complete list of topics again, click FiltersClear all filters (display all topics).
Use tags:
Some groups use tags to categorize and find topics. If your group uses tags, you see Tags on the group’s Topics page. You can also enter tags when you post a new topic or edit one of your existing topics.
You can star topics that are important to you, so you can quickly find them again. Just click the star next to the topic on the Topics page.
In the sidebar, click Starred to list all your starred topics.
Depending on the type of group and your personal settings and permissions, you can read and respond to posts, either on the forum or using email. If your group is set up as a Collaborative Inbox or Q&A forum, for example, you’ll probably read and respond to posts using the group’s online forum.
You can start your own topics (in email or from a forum) for people to respond to.
Start a new topic from email:
Just email the group. The subject of your email becomes the topic subject.
Start a new topic from a forum:
In some types of groups, you can resolve a topic by selecting a Best answer (for questions in a Q&A forum) or marking the topic as Complete (for discussions in Collaborative Inboxes).
Expand the post.
Click the Down arrow and select Delete post.
People viewing the topic will see a message that a post was deleted, but they won’t see who the post was from.