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About Business Alliances
Group basics
Group settings (profile icon, group name, cover photo) can be edited by anyone in the group. To configure your settings, follow the steps below for the setting you want to configure.
2. Tap Settings > the group's profile icon.
3. Tap Open camera or Select profile icon > Select photo.
4. Take or select a photo.
5. Adjust the photo size on the preview screen, then tap Next.
6. Edit the photo any way you like, then tap Done.
Note: You can also set a profile icon by selecting a photo shown on the Group profile icon screen and tapping Done or the check mark.
2. Tap Settings > Group name.
3. Enter the group name you want to set and tap Save.
2. Tap and hold the cover photo.
3. On iOS, tap Take group cover photo or Change profile cover photo.
On Android, tap Change profile cover photo.
4. Take or select a photo.
5. Adjust the photo size on the preview screen, then tap Next.
6. Edit the photo any way you like, then tap Done.
Editing group profile icons
1. Tap the Home tab > Groups > the group you want to configure.2. Tap Settings > the group's profile icon.
3. Tap Open camera or Select profile icon > Select photo.
4. Take or select a photo.
5. Adjust the photo size on the preview screen, then tap Next.
6. Edit the photo any way you like, then tap Done.
Note: You can also set a profile icon by selecting a photo shown on the Group profile icon screen and tapping Done or the check mark.
Editing group names
1. Tap the Home tab > Groups > the group you want to configure.2. Tap Settings > Group name.
3. Enter the group name you want to set and tap Save.
Editing cover photos
1. Tap the Home tab > Groups > the group you want to configure.2. Tap and hold the cover photo.
3. On iOS, tap Take group cover photo or Change profile cover photo.
On Android, tap Change profile cover photo.
4. Take or select a photo.
5. Adjust the photo size on the preview screen, then tap Next.
6. Edit the photo any way you like, then tap Done.
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Joining groups lets you chat with multiple friends at the same time.
Creating groups:
1. Tap the Home tab > Add friends at the top right of the screen > Create a group.
2. Select the friends you want to add to the group and tap Next.
3. Enter a group name and tap Create.
The Members join automatically setting lets you choose whether the friends you invite to a group are added automatically, or asked if they would like to join first. If you create a group with this setting turned off, you will not be able to turn it on afterwards.
If Members join automatically is turned on:
The friends you invite will automatically be added to the group.
If Members join automatically is turned off:
The friends you invite will receive an invitation message, from which they can choose to Join or Decline.
Friends who received an invitation message won't become official group members until they select Join in their invitation.
Note: If someone declines, they will continue to appear as a pending member and the person who created the group will not be notified.
Inviting friends to groups and canceling their invitations:
Be advised
Groups can be used if the person sending the invite and the invitee are using the latest version of LINE.
When a user joins a group, they can view Note and Album posts that were made during the time their membership was pending, but will not be able to see any chat messages posted before they joined.
The maximum number of people that can be invited per group differs depending on the Members join automatically setting.
If the setting is turned off:
Up to 499 people can be invited to a group (for a total of 500 group members when including the group's creator).
If the setting is turned on:
Up to 99 people can be invited to a group (for a total of 100 group members when including the group's creator).
To invite a friend to a group:
1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Invite.
2. Use one of the methods below to invite new members.
• From your friend list, select the friends you want to invite and tap Invite.
Note: Friends who have already been invited or are already in the group will appear grayed out.
• Tap QR code and share the QR code that appears with the people you want to invite.
• Tap Invite link > Copy link and share the link with the people you want to invite.
• Tap Email and send the QR code to the people you want to invite via email.
• Tap Text message > OK and send the invite link to the people you want to invite via text message.
Useful info
The name of the person sending the invite will appear as their display name set on LINE in the invitation email/text message. If an issue such as invitees not receiving your invitations occurs, please contact your carrier or mobile service provider. Anyone using LINE will be able to join the group. Please refrain from sharing the group's invite QR code or invite link in a place where unrelated third parties may see it. If someone you don't know joined your group, refer to Someone I don't know joined my group.
Cancelling invitations:
Useful info
To remove members from a group created with the Members join automatically setting turned on, please have them leave the group on their own or remove them yourself.
To cancel an invitation:
1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Members.
2. Under Pending members, tap the member whose invitation you want to cancel.
3. Tap Cancel.
Joining groups:
1. Tap the Home tab > Groups > Group invitations > the name of the group you've been invited to.
2. Tap Join.
If you declined an invitation by mistake, you need to have a group member cancel the invitation and then invite you again.
Useful info
If you decline a group invitation, you will still be displayed as a pending member in the group. To have yourself not be shown to the group, you need to have the member who invited you cancel the invitation.
Topics covered
- Inviting friends to groups and canceling their invitations
Creating groups:
1. Tap the Home tab > Add friends at the top right of the screen > Create a group.
2. Select the friends you want to add to the group and tap Next.
3. Enter a group name and tap Create.
The Members join automatically setting lets you choose whether the friends you invite to a group are added automatically, or asked if they would like to join first. If you create a group with this setting turned off, you will not be able to turn it on afterwards.
If Members join automatically is turned on:
The friends you invite will automatically be added to the group.
If Members join automatically is turned off:
The friends you invite will receive an invitation message, from which they can choose to Join or Decline.
Friends who received an invitation message won't become official group members until they select Join in their invitation.
Note: If someone declines, they will continue to appear as a pending member and the person who created the group will not be notified.
Inviting friends to groups and canceling their invitations:
Be advisedThe maximum number of people that can be invited per group differs depending on the Members join automatically setting.
If the setting is turned off:
Up to 499 people can be invited to a group (for a total of 500 group members when including the group's creator).
If the setting is turned on:
Up to 99 people can be invited to a group (for a total of 100 group members when including the group's creator).
To invite a friend to a group:
1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Invite.
2. Use one of the methods below to invite new members.
• From your friend list, select the friends you want to invite and tap Invite.
Note: Friends who have already been invited or are already in the group will appear grayed out.
• Tap QR code and share the QR code that appears with the people you want to invite.
• Tap Invite link > Copy link and share the link with the people you want to invite.
• Tap Email and send the QR code to the people you want to invite via email.
• Tap Text message > OK and send the invite link to the people you want to invite via text message.
Useful infoCancelling invitations:
Useful info1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Members.
2. Under Pending members, tap the member whose invitation you want to cancel.
3. Tap Cancel.
Joining groups:
1. Tap the Home tab > Groups > Group invitations > the name of the group you've been invited to.
2. Tap Join.
If you declined an invitation by mistake, you need to have a group member cancel the invitation and then invite you again.
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Group members can either leave on their own or be deleted from the group.
Groups themselves cannot be blocked. Please either leave the group or turn off its notifications.
Note: If you leave a group, its members will be notified of the fact.
Useful info
A group is deleted when all of its members have left. In this case, none of the posts from the deleted group can be restored.
Be advised
Leaving a group doesn't delete the messages, albums, or photos you posted. If you don't want your posts to remain, please delete them before leaving.
To leave a group on your own:
1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Leave.
2. Tap Leave or OK.
To delete a group member:
1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Members.
2. Tap Edit.
3. On iOS, tap "-" to the left of the member you want to delete > Remove > Remove.
On Android, tap Delete to the right of the member you want to delete > OK.
After all of the other members have been deleted, you can delete the group by leaving it.
Groups themselves cannot be blocked. Please either leave the group or turn off its notifications.
Note: If you leave a group, its members will be notified of the fact.
Useful info
Leaving a group on your own
Be advised1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Leave.
2. Tap Leave or OK.
Deleting group members
Posts of members who left the group cannot be deleted.To delete a group member:
1. Tap the menu icon at the top of the group chat screen > Members.
2. Tap Edit.
3. On iOS, tap "-" to the left of the member you want to delete > Remove > Remove.
On Android, tap Delete to the right of the member you want to delete > OK.
After all of the other members have been deleted, you can delete the group by leaving it.
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