Difference Primary and Custom Group

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What does selecting "Primary Group" for a user do?

I’ve been trying to work out exactly what selecting a “Primary Group” for a user does… … thought I would share what I have found: Selecting the Primary Group Selecting a user from /admin/users takes you to the specific users admin page /admin/users/{username}. On that page you will find the groups options: [Screen Shot 2021-06-23 at 14.13.01] You can only select a Primary Group for a user if they have “Custom” groups selected. In the example above Discourse and Test are the only “Custom”…

Custom group is a group which you are a part of (excluding automatic groups). A primary group is a custom group but one which you wish to identify with