Create and delete groups of managed Meta accounts in Admin Center

This article is only applicable to admins who can add and deactivate managed Meta accounts for their organization.
Creating groups of managed Meta accounts in Admin Center helps you manage who has access to supported and connected products such as Meta Quest devices and Meta business tools.
When creating a group, there are 2 group types to choose from: static or dynamic.
  • If you create a static group, then you'll manually add individual people to the group.
  • If you create a dynamic group, then you’ll set conditions for group membership based on information in people’s profile fields, such as job title. People who meet these conditions will automatically be added to this group. This applies to existing and new accounts.
Create a static group in Admin Center
  1. Click People People in the left menu of Admin Center.
  2. Click Groups People groups in the left menu.
  3. Click Create Group in the top right.
  4. Enter a group name (compulsory) and description (optional).
  5. Click the box underneath Group type and select Static group Static group.
  6. Click Confirm.
  7. Click Add member in the top right of your static group.
  8. Select the people who you want to add to the group, searching people by name and clicking on their name when it appears.
  9. When you’ve selected all the people you want to be a member of the group, click Confirm.
Create a dynamic group in Admin Center
  1. Click People People in the left menu of Admin Center.
  2. Click Groups People groups in the left menu.
  3. Click Create Group in the top right.
  4. Enter a group name (compulsory) and description (optional).
  5. Click the box underneath Group type and select Dynamic group.
  6. Click Confirm.
  7. Click Add rule in the top right of your dynamic group.
  8. Click Add next to Add conditions and select a profile field you want to base group membership on.
  9. Create your conditions, then click Update and review.
  10. Add any other conditions you want to base group membership on.
  11. When you’ve created your list of rules, click View matching results.
  12. Review the list of members, click to check the box to confirm you understand that you’re creating a dynamic group, then click Add members.
    • If no one currently matches your conditions, you can click Save rule so that anyone who meets these conditions in the future will be automatically added to the group.
Delete a static or dynamic group in Admin Center
You can manage membership of your group or delete it.
To delete your group:
  1. Click People People in the left menu of Admin Center.
  2. Click Groups People groups in the left menu.
  3. Click the name of the group you want to delete.
  4. Click the 3 horizontal dots More in the top right.
  5. Click Delete group.
  6. Click Delete group to confirm.
Use groups to manage access to supported and connected products
You can use groups to manage people’s access to supported and connected products including Meta Quest devices and business tools (example: Business Manager) either using people presets or in your products page in Admin Center.

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