Friend groups

Groups are for your circle of friends, your house group or your flatshare. You can only join with an invitation, and groups cannot be searched. Chatting stays in WhatsApp, planning happens in Yachad.

Create a group

1. Open Groups and tap + at the top right.
2. Enter a name (for example “Game night crew”), optionally a description and the WhatsApp link of your chat.
3. Tap Create («Erstellen»). Invite («Einladen») opens right away.

You can add a group picture when creating it or later under … → Edit group («Gruppe bearbeiten»).

Inviting friends

In the group under … → Invite:

• Friends: tap Invite next to a person. They find the invitation at the top of their Groups section and can Join («Beitreten») or Decline.
• Invite link («Einladelink»): for people you are not (yet) friends with or who don’t have Yachad yet.

Creating an invite link

1. Under Invite link, tap Create invite link («Einladelink erstellen»).
2. Choose how long it is valid and whether to limit joins («Beitritte begrenzen»).
3. With Confirm joins («Beitritt bestätigen»), someone in the group decides who joins via the link.
4. Tap Create link and then Copy link or Share.

You only see the link now

Copy or share it right away. Don’t forward it to large chats. You can withdraw a link at any time; anyone who still has it can no longer join.

Whoever opens the link sees the group name and number of members and taps Join or Request to join («Beitritt anfragen»). Without an account, the link first leads to registration and then straight into the group.

Confirming join requests

If there are open requests, the group shows “{n} join requests”. Tap it and choose Accept or Decline.

Members and admins

Under … → Members («Mitglieder») you see all members. Everyone can create plans and invite friends. Admins can also edit the group and manage members: in a person’s menu they choose Make admin («Zum Admin machen»), Remove admin rights («Admin-Rechte entziehen») or Remove from group («Aus der Gruppe entfernen»).

Edit, leave, report

• … → Edit group (admins only): name, description, WhatsApp link, picture. At the very bottom Delete group. This deletes all plans and comments of the group.
• … → Leave group («Gruppe verlassen»): you no longer see the group’s plans. You can only come back with a new invitation.
• … → Report («Melden») if something is wrong with a group.