# "Allow users to send membership requests to group owners"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-send-membership-requests-to-group-owners/138183>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 9, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-send-membership-requests-to-group-owners/138183 "2020-01-09T21:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![smrtey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@smrtey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smrtey)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-send-membership-requests-to-group-owners/138183/2 "2020-01-09T21:38:58Z")

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When you create your group, the 12th-14th (?) fields are

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/b/5bea0f273c75f3f66ef902514ac48860e95ffd1f.png)

make sure `Allow users to join the group freely (Requires publicly visible group)` is selected and that Visibility is set to Everyone. Or if you want to only allow user to request to be added and not be able to add themselves, select `Allow users to send membership requests to group owners`

If you’ve already made the group, you’ll find these options under  
/g/groupname  
Manage → Membership → Access

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/d/4db923c9627bacdcb202b2f120f98a9b78c0c916.png)

Then once a user goes to the groups page they can see the group and add themselves.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/9/d9be90ece0196b7d2655daec051987c9bf986843.png)

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