Groups

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Official render of the "Groups" logo.

Groups are a social feature aimed towards forming, maintaining, and organizing communities and instances within VRChat.

The purpose of creating a group allows other users to join them, typically to assimilate an audience such as a fanbase or culture, and optionally, to host and participate in events within group instances. Members of a group may choose to represent it, showcasing the group's banner on their nameplate and profile. The Groups feature was officially released on November 30th, 2022.

Joining a group

To join a group, you must first navigate to a group's page. Users can be in up to 100 different groups at a time, or up to 200 with an active VRC+ subscription. To join a group, you can either find one through the Search tab or Group tab in the Main Menu.

It is also possible to join a group by browsing another user's list of groups they are representing on their profile, or by clicking on specific promotional posters located in worlds. Once you are in a group, you are able to join any active group instances via the Instances tab on the group's page, or the Group Activity row in the Social tab.

Representing

Representing a group displays the group's name and banner on the user's nameplate and profile. A user may represent a group by going to the group's page on the main menu and clicking the button labeled: "Represent Group", on the top right corner. A single group may be represented at a time.

Membership visibility

A member of a group may choose to obscure affiliation from displaying on their profile in the list of joined groups. However, a user will still be able to see if you're in the group under the following conditions:

• They mutually share the group with you.
• The user has the "View All Members" permission.

Group visibility options

You can hide visibility by going to the Group tab within the VRChat client, selecting the group, and clicking the cog icon at the top right on the menu. This will open a Group Settings submenu, to which you can change visibility at will.

It is also possible to change visibility from the VRChat website by going to the Group tab in the sidebar, selecting the group, clicking "Settings", and then choosing the Visibility setting right for you beneath "My Membership".

Visible	The group is shown on your profile for everyone.
Friends Only	The group is only shown on your profile to your friends.
Hidden	The group is hidden from your profile.

Creating a group

To create a group, a user must first have an active VRC+ subscription. Maintaining the VRC+ subscription is not necessary for retaining group ownership. An active VRC+ subscription is required to change icons, banners and edit the group's gallery using the VRC+ Gallery, as well as transferring ownership of the group to another user. Currently, creating a group must be done via the VRChat website. A user can own a maximum of 5 groups, of which a maximum of 200,000 members can join each group.

Joinability and visibility

When creating a group, an onboarding process presents the creator with a few privacy options. The joinability of a group determines any given user's ability to join the group. This setting can be changed later.

Free Join	Anyone can join the group freely.
Request to Join	New members must request to join the group.
Invite-Only	Those with the right permissions may invite new members to the group.

The visibility of a group determines whether or not the group can be represented or displayed on a member's profile. This setting cannot be changed later.

Public	Members can choose to advertise the group on their profile.
Private	The group cannot be advertised or displayed by members.

As mentioned, any user can manually obscure of any public group from displaying on their profile via Visibility settings.

Group banner

Group banners are displayed on the nameplates of users who choose to represent that Group, and will also appear on the Group page on the VRChat Home website and in the Group UI within VRChat.

The banner can be uploaded and selected on the VRChat Home website. However, the uploaded image is cropped in different ways depending on where it is shown.

Community member Reava has created a guide that can help people creating a banner to ensure that the most important parts show in the UI when needed.

Group roles and permissions

Viewing your roles

While it is not currently possible to select or change roles within the VRChat client, you can view all current roles applied to your account by opening the Main Menu, and clicking on the Group tab, click on a group that you wish to view your roles for. There is a 'cog' icon towards the top right of the menu, which expands a rightwards Group Settings submenu. The very top of the submenu will let you browse the roles currently applied.

Default roles

Role overview

Groups have three different tiers for roles: Management Roles, Member Roles, and Default Role. Automatically, groups will have three roles when the group is created: Everyone, which is listed under 'Default Role', Member, which is listed under 'Member Role', and Group Owner, which is listed under 'Management Role'. The role names for 'Group Owner' and 'Member' can be changed, but 'Everyone' cannot be changed or deleted.

Group Owner permissions cannot be changed or deleted in any way, since by default, they should always have all permissions. The Group owner, however, can be transferred to another willing group member as long as both parties are subscribed to VRC+. This should be deliberated heavily before transfer, since all transfers are final. Read more about Group Transferring below.

Creating roles

Roles can be added, renamed, or deleted at any time by a group's management. Each role can be given a description, and a custom set of permissions. Permissions are either toggled on, or off for a group. Roles can optionally be set to be Assigned On Join, be Self Assignable, or Require 2FA.

Self Assignable roles are optional, and users can sign into the VRChat website to apply roles to themselves, if available. However, users on platform accounts, such as Steam or Meta accounts, are unable to log in and do so, since logging into their account on the VRChat website requires the creation of a VRChat account. Group management can manually apply roles to any user at will.

Function	Description
Assign On Join	If enabled, new members will be assigned this role when they join the group. This will not affect existing members.
Self Assignable	Allows members of the group to assign this role to themselves.
Require 2FA	Requires members to have 2FA before permissions apply.

Some of the available permissions that may be assigned, as seen in the Group Management Options

Assigning permissions

To assign permissions for a role, a group manager must sign in on the VRChat website, and navigate to the Permissions tab.

• Step 1: Click Groups on the left sidebar of the website.

• Step 2: Click on a group that you can manage or change permissions for.

• Step 3: There are different tabs a group manager can access, such as Overview, Posts, etc. Click on the tab titled Settings.

• Step 4: Click on Roles, below that tab.

• Step 5: Click on the role that you wish to edit permissions for, and click Permissions with the lock icon.

• Step 6: Apply the permissions found below, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click Save.

Permission	Function
Manage Group Member Data	Allows role to view, filter by role, and sort all members and edit data about them.
Manage Group Data	Allows role to edit group details (name, description, joinState, etc).
View Audit log	Allows role to view the full group audit log.
Manage Group Roles	Allows role to create roles, modify roles, and delete roles.
Manage Group Default Role	Allows role to manage the permissions for the default role (aka Everyone role). Requires “Manage Group Roles”.
Assign Group Roles	Allows role to assign/unassign roles to users. Requires “Manage Group Member Data”.
Manage Group Bans	Allows role to ban/unban users and view all banned users. Requires “Manage Group Member Data”.
Remove Group Members	Allows role to remove someone from the group. Requires “Manage Group Member Data”.
View All Members	Allows role to view all members in a group, not just friends.
Manage Group Announcement	Allows role to set/clear group announcement and send it as a notification.
Create Instance Announcement	Allows role to create an announcement and send it to all users in a group instance as a notification.
Manage Group Calendar	Allows role to create, modify, and publish calendar entries.
Manage Group Galleries	Allows role to create, reorder, edit, and delete group galleries. Can always submit to galleries, and can approve images.
Manage Group Invites	Allows role to create/cancel invites, as well as accept/decline/block join requests.
Moderate Group Instance	Allows role to moderate within a group instance.
Manage Group Instances	Allows role to close an group instance.
Group Instance Queue Priority	Gives role priority for group instance queues.
Create Age Gated Instances	Allows role to create group instances that require users to have age verified in order to join.
Create Linked Instances	Allows role to create group instances linked live events, events starting within 6 hours, and events that have ended within 6 hours.
Create Group Public Instances	Allows role to create group instances that are open to all, member or not. NOTE: Private groups cannot create public instances.
Create Group+ Instances	Allows role to create group instances that friends of people present can also join.
Create Members-Only Group Instances	Allows role to create members-only instances.
Role-Restrict Members-Only Instances	Allows role to add/remove/modify role restrictions on members-only instances. Requires “Create Members-Only Group Instances”.
Portal to Group+ Instances	Allows role to open locked portals to Group+ instances. Members, friends of people there, and friends of the portal dropper may enter unless group-banned.
Unlocked Portal to Group+ Instances	Allows role to open unlocked portals to Group+ instances. Everyone except group-banned people may enter. Requires “Portal to Group+ Instances”.
Join Group Instances	Allows role to join group instances.
Bypass Avatar Performance Requirements	Allows role to join group instances that have a minimum avatar performance requirement, regardless of their avatar's performance rating.

Group instances

The owner of a group, and those with the correct permissions may create group instances. There are three types of group instances.

Group	Only members of a group (or certain roles within the group if specified) can join the instance.
Group+	Any friend of a user in the instance can join. Group membership is not required to join the instance.
Group Public	A publicly listed instance hosted by a group to which anyone can join. Group membership is not required to join the instance.

Group instances are often moderated by the group hosting the instance. The group's owner and those given moderation permissions through their role may warn, mute, kick or ban a user within the instance. Banning a user from a group permanently prevents them from joining any Instances made by the group, as well as joining the group itself.

Group instance queues

Group Instances are also great for managing events with a high amount of people. For that situation, the VRChat Group Queues option will setup a waiting queue to process joining requests when the instance max capacity is reached. When you join the queue for an instance, you will be placed in and will receive a invite request when a slot becomes available. Once the request is received on your side, you have one minute to join the instance before your slot is given to the next person.

Transferring a group

As of March 27, 2024, owners of groups could choose to transfer the ownership of a group to another willing group member as long as both parties are subscribed to VRC+, and have available space. This should be taken under consideration, as all transfers are final.

You can transfer your group ownership to another member of the group; the target member and the group must meet the requirements below.

• The target member has verified their email address (check the Email section via account settings)
• The target member has an active VRC+ subscription
• The target member can still own more groups (each user can own up to 5 groups)
• The group is not monetized

List of .0000 groups

Every group that is created, is given a shortcode, with a generated four-digit discriminator at the end. Groups can be shared using their shortcode via the vrc.group short link domain, for example https://vrc.group/VRCHAT.0000. Discriminators that contain .0000 are reserved by the VRChat team for 'official' groups.

Name	Shortcode	Description
Official VRChat Twitch Streams	VRCSTR.0000	The official group for the VRChat dev streams! woo!!
Steel'n'Gold	SNG.0000	Bandits are invading the peaceful town of Copper Bend. Are you going to join their rows or are you going to arms to defend the town's riches? Got feedback? Check the second link and share it with us!
VRChat Community Testers	TESTER.0000	This group is for the official VRChat Community Testers Program. Members of this group are not necessarily employees of VRChat.
VRChat Crowdin Proofreaders	VRCTLP.0000	This group is for VRChat's community proofreaders! They're responsible for reviewing and approving all translations that make their way into the main application.
VRChat Crowdin Translators	VRCTL.0000	This is a free-to-join group for VRChat's Crowdin translation community! They work hard to bring VRChat to a long list of non-English languages and people around the world.
VRChat Open Beta	BETA.0000	This is an official group for VRChat's Open Beta testers! You can use group instances to meet up with other people on Open Beta.
VRChat Quality Assurance	VRCQA.0000	Official testing group for the VRChat QA Team.
VRChat Team	VRCHAT.0000	The official group for VRChat team members.
VRChat Wiki Team	VRWIKI.0000	This group is for those who are part of the official VRChat Wiki contributor team. Members of this group are not necessarily employees of VRChat.
VRChat Playtours	<private>.0000	This group is for VRChat Playtours.
Instance Capacity Stress Tests	MAXCAP.0000	This group is for testing unreasonably high capacity instances.
VRChat Community Leaders	TBA	TBA

Official resources

• Developer Update - Groups on YouTube, uploaded November 30, 2022.
• Groups is Now Live! on hello.vrchat.com
• VRChat Groups FAQ on help.vrchat.com

Trivia

• Groups originally had a capacity of 10,000 members, but was later increased to hold 100,000 members. On January 30, 2026, Groups were given a capacity of 200,000 members
• "Just Bread Group" (TOASTY.1234) was the first ever Group. It was created by our server engineer Bready for testing purposes. While launching Groups, the data had to be organized in a specific way to maximize server performance, and one had to be created first in order to organize the database properly.