{"id":4423,"date":"2026-01-03T17:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/?p=4423"},"modified":"2026-01-03T17:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:50:50","slug":"manage-google-chat-spaces-using-space-management-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/manage-google-chat-spaces-using-space-management-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Google Chat Spaces? [New Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manage Google Chat Spaces\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Google Chat Spaces are managed using the Space Management Tool. The tool manages the Google chat spaces directly from the Admin console. Use the space management tool to check the chat spaces in the organization, add the users to the chat spaces, and change the roles of the members and managers. Chat space management tool requires administrator privileges to manage chat and space conversations. Google Chat is the application used to send business group messages. Create spaces to separate rooms for conversations. Messages piled up in the chat spaces over time. Space management tool deletes multiple spaces within the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Space is important for collaboration and community building. Admins can easily view and manage the workspace to keep the people in the chat engaged and safe. Admins can execute space management tasks and view more information about spaces with the new updates in the space management tool.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Latest Updates in Space Management Tools<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Google Workspace released updates for the Space Management Tool in the Admin console, including an improved user interface and additional management capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6100 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/C1-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/C1-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/C1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/C1-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/C1-1536x854.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/C1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adding multiple members and groups to space at once<\/li>\n<li>Review detailed space settings<\/li>\n<li>Review invited members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to get started?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Both Super admins and Delegated admins must have Google Chat turned on for their account in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admin.google.com\/u\/2\/ac\/appsettings\/216932279217\">Google Chat service settings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Super admins:\u00a0The space management tool is available by default and can be accessed in the Admin console by going to\u00a0Apps &gt; Google Workspace &gt; Google Chat &gt; Manage Spaces.<\/p>\n<p>For Delegated Admins: To access the space management tool, delegated admins must also have the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/topic\/9832445\">Manage Chat and Spaces conversation privilege<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Steps to create <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">spaces in <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Google chat?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Chat\">Google Chat<\/a> You can chat and share the files and online sources among the team members. People outside your organization can also connect with the spaces if they have a Google Workspace account or a Gmail account. Guest from outside Google Workspace labeled as external in chat. The person who creates a space automatically becomes a space manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Steps to Create Google Chat Spaces<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Go to Google Chat or Gmail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Under &#8220;Spaces,&#8221; click Create or find a space.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>If you&#8217;re using Google Chat in Gmail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click New space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hit create a space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Enter a space name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To add a space avatar, click Choose an emoji <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and select an emoji. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you don&#8217;t select an emoji, a default letter avatar is used instead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Enter an optional description for the space.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-91.jpg\" alt=\"Google Chat Spaces\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-91.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-91-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-91-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-91-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-91-1536x896.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong><br \/>\nYou can also<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Enter the name or email of the people you want to add.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Enter apps or Google Groups you want to invite.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pick from the list of suggested contacts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click Create.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4442 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/04-78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/04-78.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/04-78-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/04-78-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/04-78-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/04-78-1536x883.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong><br \/>\nAccess level for your organization<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Restricted: Only directly added and invited users have access to the space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All of your organization: All members in your organization have access to the space and can join if they have the space\u2019s link.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To invite external people into the space, check to Allow people outside your organization to join.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">(Important: If you select \u201cAll of your organization\u201d\u00a0 you won\u2019t be able to allow people outside of your organization to join the space)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What chat space managers can do in chat?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Add and remove participants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Promote other members to be space managers, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Remove the members from the list of space managers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Delete a space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Delete messages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Edit the space name, avatar, and description.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Steps to view spaces in the admin console<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Log in to the Admin console.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Go to Menu &gt; Apps &gt; Google Workspace&gt; Google Chat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click Manage Spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click Manage columns to rearrange, add, or remove columns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hit save when you&#8217;re done managing columns,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click the Up or Down arrow next to the member count, creation date, or last activity date column heading to sort in ascending or descending order.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At the top, click Add a Filter and select a filter.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Rearrange a column:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Point to a column, drag Move, and move the column where you want it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Add a column:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click Add a new column and select a column to add.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Remove a column:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next to the column, click Remove item.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to delete one or more spaces in the Admin console?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the Admin console,<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>For a single space<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Go to Menu\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Apps<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Google Workspace<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Google Chat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Click Manage Spaces<\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Delete one space<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hover over the space you want to delete and click Delete space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hit Delete space.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Delete multiple spaces<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Check the boxes to the left of the spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hit Delete selected spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click Delete spaces.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4435 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02-99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2482\" height=\"1676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02-99.jpg 2482w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02-99-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02-99-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02-99-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02-99-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02-99-2048x1383.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2482px) 100vw, 2482px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the multiple spaces<\/li>\n<li>Click delete spaces<\/li>\n<li>Hit ok button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01-98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2486\" height=\"1668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01-98.jpg 2486w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01-98-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01-98-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01-98-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01-98-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.navohosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01-98-2048x1374.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2486px) 100vw, 2486px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Navohosting is one of the premium Google Workspace providers. 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The tool manages the Google chat spaces directly from the Admin console. Use the space management tool to check the chat spaces in the organization, add the users to the chat spaces, and change the roles of the members and managers. 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