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Groups API
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
Eligibility for Groups API
The Groups API is now open to all businesses with an Official Business Account (OBA).
The Groups API enables you to programmatically create groups for messaging and collaboration.
How it works
Groups are an invite-only experience where participants join using a group invite link you send them. This invite link provides context about the group, helping the user decide whether they want to join.
Get started
When you are ready to start using the Groups API, see the Get started guide for more information:
Quick facts
- Max group participants: 8
- Supported message types: Text, media, text-based templates, and media-based templates
- Max groups you can create: 10,000 per business number
- Max Cloud API businesses per group: 1
Analytics
Performance metrics are not available for message templates used in Groups.
Create new templates specifically for Groups use instead of repurposing templates used for one-to-one messaging.
Limits
Eligibility for Groups API
To qualify for groups features, your business must be an Official Business Account (OBA).
Groups are not available for WhatsApp Business app phone numbers and phone numbers onboarded to Multi-solution Conversations.
The Calling API is not supported in groups.
- Non-supported message types:
- Calling
- Disappearing messages
- View-once
- Auth
- Commerce messages
- Interactive messages
- Non-supported actions:
- Admin hide group participant list
- Edit message
- Delete message
Pricing
The Groups API uses per-message pricing.
Learn more about Groups API pricing here.
Features and reference
Group management features
- Create and delete group
- Groups with join requests enabled
- Get and reset group invite link
- Send group invite link template message
- Remove group participants
- Get group info
- Get active groups
- Update group settings
View Group Management reference