Edit Basic Group Settings

The basic settings of a group are displayed on the Settings tab of the sidebar that opens when you select a group on the Groups page.

Customer groups have the same global settings for members, auto-join, two-factor authentication, and visibility of the group. Role assignment, nesting, project team membership, and audit links are not available for customer groups.

The following settings are available on this tab:

Setting	Description
Name	Stores the name of the group. The group name must be unique in the system and cannot duplicate the name of a project team.
Description	Stores a description for the group. Use to help other users who can view or update the group understand its purpose.
Logo	Stores an image used as the logo for the group. This helps distinguish between different groups in the Groups list. It is also used to decorate avatars in user selection menus. This includes the selectors for issue and comment visibility, suggestions in @mentions and commands, watchers, and assignees. Add icons to groups to help you quickly distinguish between different sets of users.
Auto-join	Determines whether new users are added to this group automatically. Enable this option when you use this group to provide a standard level of access to all users. For customer groups, auto-join can be used to add users whose email addresses match the configured domain for the group.
Two-factor authentication	Determines whether members of the group are required to use two factors of authentication to log into YouTrack. When enabled, group members are required to set up two-factor authentication (2FA) for YouTrack. Access rights for members of this group who have not enabled 2FA are restricted to Update Self. Once a user has enabled 2FA, the access rights that are granted to their account are restored. When disabled, group members are not required to set up 2FA for YouTrack. Users may still choose to enable this security feature on their own. For more information, see Require Two-factor Authentication.
Visible to	Determines which non-admin users can see this group in YouTrack and view its settings. This setting is only relevant to members of groups where the optional Read Groups feature is active.
Updatable by	Determines which non-admin users can see this group in YouTrack and edit its settings. Members of groups who are added here can update the settings for this group. This setting does not give users the ability to: Assign or revoke roles for the group. Nest the group under another group. Merge the group into another group or project team. Delete the group. This setting is only relevant to members of groups where the optional Read Groups and Update Groups features are active.

At the bottom of the tab, you'll find an Audit link. Click this link to access a list of changes that have been applied to the group.

Audit events are only available for user groups. This link is not shown for customer groups and teams.

02 June 2026