# Groups API | Developer Documentation

<div id="bkmrk-groups-apiupdated%3A-n">## Groups API

<div><span>Updated: Nov 14, 2025</span></div><div><span></span><div>**Eligibility for Groups API**</div><div>The Groups API is now open to all businesses with an [Official Business Account (OBA)](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/official-business-accounts-developer-documentation)</div></div><div>The Groups API enables you to programmatically create groups for messaging and collaboration.</div><div id="bkmrk-how-it-works"><div id="bkmrk-how-it-works-1"><div>### How it works

</div></div></div><div>Groups are an invite-only experience where participants join using a group invite link you send them. This invite link provides context about the group, helping the user decide whether they want to join.</div><div>![](https://support2.chatarchitect.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/embedded-image-hm3mfcul.png)</div><div id="bkmrk-get-started"><div id="bkmrk-get-started-1"><div>### Get Started

</div></div></div><div>When you are ready to start using the Groups API, head on over to our “Get Started” guide for more information:</div><div>[Get Started with Groups API](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/get-started-with-groups-api-developer-documentation)</div><div id="bkmrk-quick-facts"><div id="bkmrk-quick-facts-1"><div>### Quick Facts

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<span>**Max group participants:** 8</span><span>**Supported message types:** Text, media, text-based templates, and media-based templates</span><span>**Max groups you can create:** 10,000 per business number</span><span>**Max Cloud API businesses per group:** 1</span><div id="bkmrk-analytics"><div id="bkmrk-analytics-1"><div>### Analytics

</div></div></div><div><span></span><div>**Performance metrics are not available for message templates used in Groups.**</div><div>Please create new templates specifically for Groups use instead of repurposing templates used for one-to-one messaging.</div></div><div id="bkmrk-limits"><div id="bkmrk-limits-1"><div>### Limits

</div></div></div><div><span></span><div>**Eligibility for Groups API**</div><div>To qualify for groups features, your business must be an [Official Business Account (OBA)](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/official-business-accounts-developer-documentation)</div></div><div>*Groups are **not available** for [Coexistence users](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/onboarding-whatsapp-business-app-users-aka-coexistence-developer-documentation) and phone numbers onboarded to [Multi-solution Conversations](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/how-to-use-multi-solution-conversations-msc-developer-documentation)*.</div><div>*The [Calling API](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/cloud-api-calling-developer-documentation) is not supported in groups.*</div>
<span>**Non-supported message types:**</span>
<span>Calling</span><span>Disappearing messages</span><span>View-once</span><span>Auth</span><span>Commerce messages</span><span>Interactive messages   
</span><span>**Non-supported actions:**</span>
<span>Admin hide group participant list</span><span>Edit message</span><span>Delete message</span><span>Marking message as read</span><div id="bkmrk-pricing"><div id="bkmrk-pricing-1"><div>### Pricing

</div></div></div><div>The Groups API uses [per-message pricing](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/pricing-on-the-whatsapp-business-platform-developer-documentation).</div><div>[Learn more about Groups API pricing here](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-pricing-developer-documentation)</div><div id="bkmrk-features-and-referen"><div id="bkmrk-features-and-referen-1"><div>### Features and reference

</div></div></div><div id="bkmrk-group-management-fea"><div id="bkmrk-group-management-fea-1"><div>#### Group management features

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<span>[Create and delete group](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Groups with join requests enabled](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Get and reset group invite link](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Send group invite link template message](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Remove group participants](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Get group info](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Get active groups](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Update group settings](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</span><div>[*View Group Management reference*](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/groups-api-developer-documentation)</div><div id="bkmrk-group-messaging-feat"><div id="bkmrk-group-messaging-feat-1"><div>#### Group messaging features

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<span>[Send group messages](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/group-messaging-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Receive group messages](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/group-messaging-developer-documentation)</span><span>[Pin and unpin group message](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/group-messaging-developer-documentation)</span><div>[*View Group Messaging reference*](/books/meta-whatsapp/page/group-messaging-developer-documentation)</div></div>