Learn How to Join a Group in Roblox | Step-by-Step Guide
Are you new to Roblox and wondering how to join groups? This article will guide you through the process step by step. From signing in to your Roblox account to waiting for approval from group admins, we will cover it all. We will explore the benefits of joining a group in Roblox and the different types of groups you can be a part of. Stay tuned to learn how to leave a group and what to do if you are not approved to join one.
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Key Takeaways:
What is Roblox?
Roblox is a free multiplayer online video gaming platform with the ability to create and share user-generated games with one another. Due to the possibility of user-generated content to be reflected on every platform, including consoles, there are constant queries over how safe Roblox is. Roblox games are created by players and developers. They can be played on both desktops and mobile devices, but not yet on consoles. Built in 2006 by co-founders David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, the platform allows users to create their own games and play games created by others. Players can create successful games and even earn huge amounts of money from them, based on their success.
What are Groups in Roblox?
In Roblox, groups are virtual associations that players can create or join. These groups have an inspectionable home page hosting a customized welcome note, group logo, status, description, and a shout feature. A shout is a message from a group’s owner or administrator that is delivered to the wall of every group member simultaneously.
There are three types of Roblox Groups:
- Public Groups: Users can join them by themselves.
- Private Groups: Membership is determined by the owner or admin.
- Premium Groups: Exclusive to Roblox Premium members and are purchased.
Roblox Groups are a positive spot to talk, create ideas, and let you stamp your personality onto the game. They provide a usual way for members to keep up to date on whatever is already transpiring in the group or to easily keep in touch with differing members and the group’s staff.
What are the Benefits of Joining a Group in Roblox?
The key benefits of joining a group in Roblox are community engagement, virtual currency trading, promotion of your user-created games and content, power to issue Roblox currency, participate in game competitions, access group-only items, and power to combine Robux with other group members to invest in and earn on custom Roblox games.
Roblox Group participation means joining and even creating social circles of enthusiasts with shared interests in certain games, genres, or mechanics. Trading Robux in a group currency market is both a fun game within the general Roblox metaverse and a potential business venture. As a group member, you have the ability to promote your user-created games, items, buying and selling e-commerce zones, and virtual swag that can mutually benefit user engagement between official Roblox events and individual group members. Game administrators of a group are able to manage their Roblox users, plus assign permissions and roles to moderators (second in command), developers, and other administrators with their own separate power levels. In-game features and rules can be more easily set up by creating a group and using the Roblox developer tab in the group.
How to Join a Group in Roblox?
To join a group in Roblox, head to the group’s page and click the Join Group button under the group’s name on the right-hand side. This will add your account to the group, and give you access to their group games.
To quickly find how to join a group in Roblox, use the search function on the Groups section on the Roblox website to find the group page, then tap the Join Group button. To join a Roblox group, you must receive an invitation. A Roblox user with certain permissions is able to invite you to join. You also automatically become a member of Roblox builder groups when you create your Roblox account.
If you are unable to join a group on Roblox, make sure to check their requirements. Some groups require your account to be at least a certain number of days old or have at least a certain amount of Robux spent on them. Groups can be public or private. If they are private, only group moderators can send you invites.
Players can access groups in Roblox by going to the Groups in the Roblox application or web application. Groups allow you to create groups around common interests and themes. They are used as a forum for people sharing a common hobby or interest to interact, set up group contests, create group badges, and share experiences and fun.
In addition, you can add group funds or create group games. A highly popular group within Roblox is the Roblox Wikia Games group which has earned over 851k Robux in funds, owns over a thousand outfits for sale, and has more than 8.7k members as of September 2021.
Step 1: Sign in to Your Roblox Account
To join groups on Roblox, the first step is to sign in to your account online. Visit the platform’s main page at Roblox.com and click on the Sign In button in the upper right corner of the screen if you already have an account. If you do not yet have an account, click on the Sign Up button in the lower center of the page. You will be asked to input your username and password, or you will receive an activation code in your email to enter on the Roblox main page.
Now that you are signed in successfully, navigate to the group you wish to join on the Roblox website. Select the option to Join Group on the group’s main page. You can find the group you want to join by searching for a group from the search bar at the top of the Roblox main page or by finding a group link and entering it in your browser.
Step 2: Go to the Group Page
Roblox requires the user to be logged in to view or join a group. To join a new group or manage group membership, the steps are to log in and then serve the Roblox group page. Users can access the Roblox Groups page a few different ways:
- Type meta-groups.roblox.com/groups into your Chrome browser address bar
- Swing to the Groups button in Roblox and click your mouse’s second button to Open Link in New Tab
- Click the Groups button in the Roblox central profile pane if you already have the button activated
- Type Roblox groups into a standard search engine and follow the relevant link to the Groups page.
Step 3: Click on the ‘Join Group’ Button
Once you find a Roblox group you want to join, check the group info for the ‘Join Group’ button. If the group is public and open to new members, a join button will be present. If the group is set to Private, Pending, or Hidden, you will not be able to see a join button and thus cannot join. If the group is hidden, a message will appear on the group page letting you know it is either invitation-only or closed to new members and information will be found on the Roblox profile if an invitation is required to join the group.
Most groups, however, are public and you can simply click the ‘Join Group’ button to be accepted. Some groups, especially larger ones, have an ‘Apply to Join’ button instead of an ‘Join Group’ button. This simply adds an additional step as users are required to fill in information such as the reason for joining the group in shy they are not automatically let in.
Step 4: Wait for Approval from Group Admin
After you send a request to join a group, one of the administrators (admins) of the group needs to approve or deny your request. Certain Roblox group settings allow primary group owner moderation such that only the group owner or admin with Permissions > Roles > Edit > Manage > Group Request Access setting turned on may approve or deny incoming member join requests. As such, there is no definitive timeline or requirement for group admin approval. It will be at the discretion of the owners and admins of the group, as well as how active and large the group is. Most group admins will see an incoming join request within 48 hours.
Step 5: Accept the Group Invitation
If you want to join a Roblox group, you will need to wait for the group owner to send you an invite. If you have pending group invitations to accept or reject, you will see them displayed when you visit either the home page or the Groups section of your Roblox account. You should see the image of either a game or a jigsaw puzzle. The latter is for private groups.
To accept a group invitation, click the downward triangle in the upper right corner so that the toolbar is displayed. Then click Groups on the toolbar. Now click on the (if applicable) in the Pending Invitations section or All Groups section. From the page displaying group invitations, you can now click Join Group next to the desired group’s name. What happens if your roblox group invitation disappears? Say you put time and effort into an application, then the game developer kicks you from the group by rescinding your group invite. You can thank roblox for that situation. The roblox group invite disappearing glitch causes a player’s group invite to be disappeared immediately after they receive it, cutting off their access and forcing them to either reapply or play the waiting game once more.
What are the Different Types of Groups in Roblox?
The following are the main types of groups in Roblox, each of which may require slightly different membership criteria. The two main types of groups are as follows:
- Ways for groups to be Contained. They may or may not require membership to interact with or to provide access to their games. This includes:
- Closed group – this requires membership to join but players outside the group can interact with group members in group games.
- By request membership group – these allow players to request membership before joining.
- Open group – any player can join without permission.
- Where the Owner or Admin Sets not only the Type of Membership Required but also Controls the Type of Interaction that Occurs Within the Group
- Wealth-creation group – a group where members discuss trading / create trading posts (commonly abbreviated as ‘[WTS]’, ‘[WTB]’, or ‘[WTT]’ trade posts).
- Adventure group – groups created for members to come together in support and operations of larger adventures or games such as in the official Roblox Userz conference (R.U.C.) group.
- Meme or fan base group – casual groups where the main focus is on chatting, sharing memes, and discussing fan obsession games.
- Colonial group – these are groups designed to colonize the Roblox metaverse by inviting members to create or join new worlds that work together across certain lands such as The Grand Imperial Palatinate.
Open Groups
Open groups in Roblox are groups that are not private and can have an infinite number of members (formerly ROBLOX) in the same group. Open groups can have various access levels for participation, including Join Request where users can request membership to the group and be accepted, Anyone can join to allow people to join without request, and Invite Only to restrict to who can send group joining requests to current group owners, admins, or members.
In the past, there was an open group feature within Roblox that allowed users (called players or developers, but now called creators) to send invitations to join groups to invite other players and even non-Roblox users to join the group. This was mainly taken advantage of by game developers who would invite other developers, players, and sometimes friends to create within their game.
However, requesting joins through the news feed was a practice often discouraged as spammy and it became hard to keep up with the number of join requests and the demand to create new games for them. In 2020 this feature was removed, and owners of groups are limited to sending invites only to friends on their friend lists and vice versa.
Closed Groups
Closed Groups are ones that have restricted access to the group. To join these groups, players must be invited by the group owner or a member of the group. Closed groups are accessed similarly to open groups, and players may see a Master, Leader, Co-Owner, or Admin role listed if they are a part of a Closed group, indicating that the group has restricted access for roles beyond Guest and Existing Member.
There are many ways for members of a Closed group to invite others. One way is to go to the Account settings and click on the Groups tab. Clicking on the more tab and then members will allow you to type in the name in the empty bubble and then a small popup menu will allow you to choose Invite to group.
Secret Groups
Secret groups in Roblox are similar to public groups, with the main difference being that they do not appear in searches. The only way to join these groups is by invitation from the group owner. They do not appear in any search results or directory listings.
To join a secret group in Roblox, the user must receive an invite that is either sent directly to their email or comes as a notification within Roblox. Upon clicking the invite, the player should automatically join the group. If an invite is not received, it is not recommended to contact Roblox about the issue as they don’t have the ability to see which groups are secret, as illustrated in a Roblox DevRel response on Twitter below. It is important to ensure that the group owner has the correct email address for the account receive the invite.
How to Leave a Group in Roblox?
To leave a Roblox group, perform the following steps:
- Go to the group page.
- Click the three vertical dots on the far right.
- Choose Leave Group.
If you no longer want to be a part of a Roblox group, then you should tap on the three vertical dots on the rightmost side of the page of the group which you would like to leave membership of and then press Leave Group. This will unenroll you from the Roblox group.
What to Do if You Are Not Approved to Join a Group?
For groups that have their settings as Action required, anyone can join, if you are not approved to join, it is most likely a matter of having patience until an administrator approves your request. If a user is not approved to join a group within a few days to a week of initial group request, it may be possible that the group is inactive, private, invite-only, or it could be that your Roblox account does not meet the minimum requirements for group join such as being under a certain age or lacking the Verified Email or Two-Step Verification.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Roblox group?
A Roblox group is a community within the Roblox platform where players with similar interests can come together and interact with each other.
How do I join a group in Roblox?
To join a group in Roblox, first search for the group you want to join using the search bar. Once you find the group, click on the “Join Group” button on the group’s page.
Is there a maximum number of groups that I can join in Roblox?
Yes, each Roblox account can only be a member of up to 100 groups at a time.
Can I join a group on Roblox without a membership?
Yes, you can join most groups on Roblox without a membership. However, some groups may require a membership to join.
Can I leave a group in Roblox?
Yes, you can leave a group in Roblox at any time. Simply go to the group’s page and click on the “Leave Group” button.
How can I create my own group in Roblox?
To create your own group in Roblox, first go to the “Create” tab on the main menu, then click on “Groups” and follow the instructions to create your group.
