Tested whether it's safe to delete Google Workspace groups that contain group email addresses

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Tue, December 12, 2017

I received the question “Is it safe to delete Google Workspace (G Suite) groups that contain group email addresses?” so I tested it just to be sure.

Google Workspace | グーグル ワークスペース

Google Workspace preparation

Create groups called parent@ and child@

G Suite グループ一覧

"Add new member" child@ to parent@ group

G Suite グループに「新しいメンバーを追加」

When a group was deleted, it was also removed from the group it was added to

When I tested it, after deleting a Google Workspace group, it was properly removed from the group it was added to.

So even with a structure like this parent group parent@ > child group child@, it was safe to delete groups without concern.

G Suite group deletion verification steps

  1. Delete child@
  2. Check parent@ and confirm that child@ is not in the group
G Suite グループを削除

That’s all from the Gemba that’s organizing Google Workspace groups (aka email addresses) at year-end.