#Create a group chat

Group chats are conversations of more than two people. To invite someone to a group chat, you need to have them on your Status contact list.

Group chats aren't the same as communities: they're meant for smaller groups of people. To learn more about group chats, check out Understand group chats.

#What to expect

• A group chat can have 20 members at most, including the creator. If you need to include more people, create a community instead.
• Once you create your group chat, you can customize it and add members, as well as remove them.
• Group chats are always end-to-end encrypted with secure cryptographic keys. Only the group chat members have access to the messages in it.

#Create a group chat