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id: 267
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revision: '0'
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language: en
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title: Create a group chat
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Group chats are conversations of more than two people. To invite someone to a group chat, you need to have them on your Status contact list.
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Group chats are different to communities, as they're meant to unite smaller groups of people or be centred around specific topics. For more information about group chats, see [Understand group chats][understand-group-chats].
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## What to expect
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- You can invite up to 20 members to your group chat. If you need more, consider [creating a community][create-a-status-community].
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- Once you create your group chat, you can [customize it][customize-a-group-chat] and [add members][add-members-to-a-group-chat], as well as [remove them][remove-members-from-a-group-chat].
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- Group chats are always end-to-end [encrypted][privacy-and-security] with secure cryptographic keys. Only the group chat members will have access to the messages in it. Status doesn't have the keys and can't access any messages by design.
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## Create a group chat
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=== "Mobile"
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1. From the tab bar, tap :mobile-messages: **Messages**.
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2. Tap :mobile-add: **Plus**.
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3. Select **New chat**.
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4. Check the boxes next to the contacts you want to invite to your chat. Tap **Setup group chat**.
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5. Choose a name and highlight colour for your group chat. All members will be able to see both the name and the colour. Once you're finished, tap **Create group chat**.
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=== "Desktop"
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1. From the navigation sidebar, click :desktop-chat: **Chat**.
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2. Click :desktop-start-chat: **Start chat**.
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3. From your contact list, select those you want to add to this group chat.
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4. Optionally, type a message in the Message text field to start the group chat with. You can also leave it blank.
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5. Click **Confirm** or press ++return++ to create your group chat.
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