Manage community chats in a Facebook group that you admin
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Community chats are chats created specifically for Facebook groups. Note that they are not available to all groups (e.g. commerce groups) or people at this time.
Community chats are a way to have real-time conversations in your Facebook group.
The table below outlines what group admins, moderators and chat hosts can do to manage community chats:
| Group admins | Group moderators | Chat hosts (in any chat that they host) | |
|---|---|---|---|
✔ | ✔ | ||
Edit a community chat | ✔ | ✔ | |
Create categories for community chats | ✔ | ✔ | |
Delete a community chat Learn how below | ✔ | ✔ | |
Permanently delete any content in a community chat. If content is deleted from a community chat, it can no longer be viewed by anyone. Learn how below | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Remove someone from a community chat. If someone is removed from a community chat, they'll be able to rejoin the chat. Learn how below | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Suspend, remove or ban someone from the group via the community chat Learn how below | ✔ | ✔ | |
Add or remove the Community Chats feature from the group Learn how below | ✔ | ||
Access Admin Assist to automatically manage community chats Learn how below | ✔ | ||
Allow or not allow members to create or suggest a community chat Learn how below | ✔ | ||
Invite a chat host, approve or decline member request to be a chat host, or remove a chat host Learn how below | ✔ | ||
Approve a suggested community chat if admins allow members to suggest community chats Learn how below | ✔ | ✔ |
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Add or remove the Community Chats feature
Delete a chat or content sent in a chat
Remove someone
Invite chat hosts, approve/decline requests to host, or remove a chat host
Allow or not allow members to create chats
Set up Admin Assist to manage chats
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