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Google Groups Make integrationAutomate Google Groups with Make.

Tired of adding people to Google Groups by hand? The Google Groups Make integration gives you 16 modules for groups, members, settings and aliases, all usable in a scenario, the automation you build in Make. This page takes a Workspace admin from connection to a first working flow.

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What you can automate

What can the Google Groups Make integration do for you?

With Google Groups in Make, a Workspace administrator can create, edit and clean up groups, their members, their settings and their aliases from a scenario. Each action is a module, one brick of that scenario. The app has no trigger, so another app or a schedule decides when the work starts.

Onboarding without the checklist. When a new hire shows up in your HR tool or a signup form, Add a Member to a Group places them in the team list on the next run. Put List Members in front if you first want to see who is already there.

A clean exit. When a contract ends, Remove a Member from a Group takes the person out, and List Groups walks through your groups so none is skipped. For a project that wraps up, Delete a Group closes the whole list.

Settings you can audit. Get a Group's Settings reads how a group is configured, and Update a Group's Settings brings it back in line. That suits an admin who keeps many groups consistent.

What Make will not do here is react by itself to a change inside Google Groups, since the app has no trigger. Google's rules also apply: Make follows the Google API Services User Data Policy for any data it passes to another app. Apps like this one often have an n8n node too, and the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the differences. For hands-on help, see the Make training or the Make agency.

Connect

How do you connect your Google Groups account to Make?

  1. 01

    Add a module and open the connection

    Add any Google Groups module to your scenario and click Create a connection. A connection is your Google account linked to Make once, then reused by every Google Groups module. The Connection name field is optional, but a clear name helps later.

  2. 02

    Choose whether to bring your own credentials

    This step is optional. Switch on Show advanced settings only if you want to use your own Google Cloud Platform project. You then paste its Client ID and Client secret, created with the redirect URI https://www.integromat.com/oauth/cb/google-restricted/.

  3. 03

    Sign in and approve access

    Click Sign in with Google and log in with the administrator account of your Workspace domain. If Google asks, grant all the requested permissions and confirm. The connection then shows up in the module, ready for the next field.

First scenario

Build your first scenario with Google Groups

GoalWhen a new teammate appears in another app, Make adds them to the matching Google Group.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    From the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. That first module comes from the app where new teammates appear, such as your HR tool or a form.

  2. 02

    Point at the target group

    Click the + on the right, search Google Groups and pick Get a Group. Click Create a connection if this is your first Google Groups module, then choose the group the newcomer should join.

  3. 03

    Add the member

    Place Add a Member to a Group after it. Map the newcomer from the first module and the group from Get a Group. Once the connection works, Make lists what it can read, so you rarely type anything.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once to execute the scenario one time. Then read the bundles each module received: a bundle is one item passed from module to module, here one person and one group.

  5. 05

    Schedule it and switch it on

    Set the schedule on the first module. A new scenario runs every 15 minutes by default, and the Free plan cannot go below that. Switch the scenario on, and newcomers join their group on the next run.

Modules

What each Google Groups module does

Google Groups gives you 16 modules in 5 groups. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Group

5 modules
Google Groups1

List Groups

SearchIn the docs only

List Groups returns your groups as separate bundles, so the next module can handle them one at a time.

When to use it
an audit where every group name should land in a spreadsheet, or a cleanup that starts by finding the right groups.
Watch out
each module after it runs once per bundle, and each run is an operation, the unit Make counts on your plan.
Google Groups2

Get a Group

ActionIn the docs only

Need the details of one specific group before acting on it? Get a Group fetches that single group so later modules can reuse its information.

When to use it
just before adding or removing someone, to be sure the scenario targets the right group.
Watch out
it reads one group, not several; to go through many, start with List Groups instead.
Google Groups3

Create a Group

ActionIn the docs only

Spinning up a new team or client project? Create a Group opens a fresh group straight from the scenario.

When to use it
a deal is marked as won in your CRM and the account team needs a shared mailing list.
Watch out
tie it to one clear event, because every run of the scenario creates another group.
Google Groups4

Update a Group

ActionIn the docs only

Update a Group edits an existing group, for instance after a team changes name or purpose.

When to use it
a department gets renamed in your HR tool and its group should follow without anyone logging in.
Watch out
this module touches the group itself; members have their own modules, and the configuration lives under Update a Group's Settings.
Google Groups5

Delete a Group

ActionIn the docs only

When a project closes, Delete a Group removes its group from Google Groups for good.

When to use it
at the end of a client contract or a temporary event, once nobody needs the list anymore.
Watch out
a deletion cannot be undone from Make, so test on a dummy group with Run once before switching the scenario on.

Member

5 modules
Google Groups6

List Members

SearchIn the docs only

List Members hands you everyone in a group, one bundle per person, ready to write to a sheet or compare with another list.

When to use it
an access review where a manager checks who still belongs to a sensitive group.
Watch out
plan for an empty group, since a search can come back with zero bundles.
Google Groups7

Get a Member

ActionIn the docs only

Get a Member looks up one person inside a group and returns what the group holds about them.

When to use it
right before an update, to confirm the person really sits in the group you expect.
Watch out
it targets one member of one group; to scan a whole team, List Members fits better.
Google Groups8

Add a Member to a Group

ActionIn the docs only

Add a Member to a Group places a person in a group from the scenario, without anyone opening Google Groups.

When to use it
a new hire is marked as started in your HR tool, or a customer signs up for a private community list.
Watch out
map the person from the previous module rather than typing a fixed value, or each run targets the same person again.
Google Groups9

Update a Member

ActionIn the docs only

Update a Member changes an existing membership, so you avoid removing someone and adding them back.

When to use it
a teammate gets promoted and their place in the project group should change with it.
Watch out
the person has to be a member already; for a newcomer, reach for Add a Member to a Group.
Google Groups10

Remove a Member from a Group

ActionIn the docs only

Offboarding gets simpler with Remove a Member from a Group, which takes one person out of one group.

When to use it
the moment a contract ends in your HR tool, so the former teammate leaves the group's conversations.
Watch out
one run handles one group; if the person belongs to several, feed the groups in from List Groups.

Group Settings

2 modules
Google Groups11

Get a Group's Settings

ActionIn the docs only

Get a Group's Settings reads how a group is configured, so you can compare it with the rules your company expects.

When to use it
a security review where each group's configuration goes into a sheet for the IT lead.
Watch out
it only reads; nothing changes until you add Update a Group's Settings after it.
Google Groups12

Update a Group's Settings

ActionIn the docs only

With Update a Group's Settings, the scenario rewrites a group's configuration, applying the same change the same way each time.

When to use it
right after Create a Group, so every new group starts from your standard setup.
Watch out
a wrong value spreads to every group the scenario touches, so check the bundles after Run once.

Alias

3 modules
Google Groups13

Add an Alias Group

ActionIn the docs only

Add an Alias Group gives an existing group an extra address, so people can reach it under a second name.

When to use it
a team gets a new name and both addresses should still reach the same people.
Watch out
the group has to exist first, so chain this module after Create a Group or Get a Group.
Google Groups14

List Aliases

SearchIn the docs only

List Aliases shows the extra addresses already attached to a group, each one as its own bundle.

When to use it
before adding a new alias, or during a cleanup where you track down forgotten addresses.
Watch out
like any search, it can come back empty, and your next modules should cope with that case.
Google Groups15

Delete an Alias

ActionIn the docs only

Delete an Alias drops one extra address from a group while the group and its members stay in place.

When to use it
an old team address has served its purpose and should stop reaching the group.
Watch out
Make cannot bring the alias back after the run, so pick it from List Aliases instead of typing it.

Other

1 module
Google Groups16

Make an API Call

ActionIn the docs only

Make an API Call covers what the 15 other modules leave out: it calls any endpoint of the Google Groups API with the connection you already set up.

When to use it
you need a feature of the API that has no dedicated module.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the Google API documentation open while you build it.
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FAQ

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01Is the Google Groups Make integration free?
Yes. Google Groups is a standard app in Make, so it works from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, at least 15 minutes between scheduled runs, up to 5 minutes per execution, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute, lift the cap on active scenarios and allow 40 minutes per run. Usage is counted in credits, one operation per module run on one bundle. You still need a Google Workspace account on the Google side.
02What do you need to connect Google Groups to Make?
A Google Workspace account with administrator rights on the Workspace domain. That is the one hard requirement in the Make documentation. In the module, click Create a connection, then Sign in with Google, and approve every permission Google asks for. Your own Google Cloud Platform project is optional. Going that way means enabling the Cloud Resource Manager API and the Google Drive API, adding make.com and integromat.com as authorized domains, and creating a web application client. If you do not need it, sign in directly.
03Can Google Groups start a Make scenario on its own?
No. The app has no trigger module, so nothing in Google Groups can wake a scenario by itself. There are two ways around it. Start the scenario with a trigger from another app, such as your HR tool or a form, and place the Google Groups modules after it. Or run the scenario on a schedule set on its first module: every 15 minutes by default, down to 1 minute on paid plans. In that case, List Groups or List Members at the start can fetch the current groups or members for the rest of the flow.
04What if a Google Groups module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It reaches any endpoint of the Google Groups API through the connection you already have, so there is no second login. The 16 listed modules cover groups, members, group settings and aliases, and anything outside that scope goes through this module. You write the request yourself, which asks for a little more care than a ready-made module. One rule holds whatever you build: Make passes data from Google APIs to other apps under the Google API Services User Data Policy.
05Make or n8n for Google Groups?
It depends on the tool your team already runs. Many apps exist both as an n8n node and as a Make app, so check both catalogs before choosing. On the Make side, Google Groups brings 16 modules (13 actions and 3 searches), a connection through Sign in with Google, and Make an API Call for everything else. If your scenarios already live in Make, staying there lets you reuse the same Google Groups connection across them. If your flows run in n8n, look at its node first and compare what each one covers.
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