# Users incorrectly getting group membership upon joining

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [06.Январь.2019 02:08:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-incorrectly-getting-group-membership-upon-joining/105785 "2019-01-06T02:08:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [06.Январь.2019 02:08:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-incorrectly-getting-group-membership-upon-joining/105785/1 "2019-01-06T02:08:04Z")

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At least twice we’ve had members join upon invitation from admins _without_ specifying that the invite includes a group membership, only to have them gain the membership immediately upon signing up. Is there some setting I’m not aware of that could be playing into this behavior?

Thanks in advance.

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