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title: "Adding Users to Groups"
slug: "adding-users-to-groups"
updated: 2021-09-27T19:10:54Z
published: 2021-09-27T19:10:54Z
canonical: "docs.visualvault.com/adding-users-to-groups"
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# Adding Users to Groups

**Users can be added to or removed from groups in two different locations:**

- Through the User Administration interface.
- Through Group Administration interface.

## **Add User to Groups via User Administration**

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A good example of when to administer groups here is when a user should be added/removed from multiple groups.

**To add users:**

1. Hover over the user information in the upper right-hand corner of the window and select Control Panel.  
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2. Select the Admin Tools tab.    
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3. Select Users.    
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4. Select the User ID of the user who should be added to groups.    
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5. When the User ID Card opens, select the Groups tab.    
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6. Use the Modify Groups button.    
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7. In the window that appears, select the desired group(s) and use the right-facing arrow to associate the group with the user.
  - **NOTE:**It is possible to select more than one group by completing one of the following:
    - Hold CTRL and use the mouse to select multiple groups.
    - If multiple groups in order need to be selected, click the first desired group, then use CTRL+SHIFT and use the mouse to select the last group.
      - This will highlight all groups in between the first and last selected group.

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## **Add User to Groups via Group Administration**

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**A good example of when to administer groups here is when more than one user should be added/removed from the same group.**

**To add users to groups:**

1. Hover over the user information in the upper right-hand corner of the window and select Control Panel.   ![omyUc_hKZ-HBn3yHbLYV6BQvvrYP5olvtw](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/47052576604/original/omyUc_hKZ-HBn3yHbLYV6BQvvrYP5olvtw.png?1609359863)
2. Select the Admin Tools tab.   
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3. Select Groups.   ![kG1qEAhL9fCYULzJIo6V47JTGoMxLJtfYA](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/47052576661/original/kG1qEAhL9fCYULzJIo6V47JTGoMxLJtfYA.png?1609359889)
4. Select the desired group name to open the list of users.    
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5. Select the Modify Users button.   
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6. In the window that appears, select the desired user(s) from the Available Users section and use the right-facing arrow to add the user(s) to the group.    
 ![xnThuCQzx9rw-0SFyVdP0vNB4CDI3-mo1Q](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/47052576808/original/xnThuCQzx9rw-0SFyVdP0vNB4CDI3-mo1Q.png?1609359939)