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# How to Create User Groups and Limit categories to those groups 

1. Go to the admin panel by clicking on your username in the top right and select **ADMIN.**
2. In the **ADMIN PANEL**, click on the **USERS TAB**. Select **USER GROUPS.**
3. Click the **NEW USER GROUP** button.
4. Add a **TITLE** and description for your **USER GROUP**. Make sure to complete all the Required Fields (\*)
   
   \- You can limit the fonts available to your group of users. They will see the font options you selected when they edit a template.
5. Make sure to click on **CREATE USER GROUP** for the changes to save.

**To assign your users to the User Group.**

1. In the **ADMIN PANEL,** click on the **USERS TAB**. Select **USERS.**
2. Search the user you would like to add to the User Group. Click on the **ACTIONS** dropdown menu and select **EDIT USER**.
3. Scroll to the **ORGANIZATION** section and click the dropdown menu next to **GROUPS**. Select the user group you would like to assign the user to.
4. Update User
5. Now you can limit categories to specific user groups. In the **ADMIN PANEL,** click on the **CATEGORIES TAB**. Select **CATEGORIES.**
6. Choose the category you would like to limit to a user group. Click the **ACTIONS** dropdown menu and select **EDIT CATEGORY.**
7. Scroll down to the **RESTRICTIONS** section. Click the checkbox next to **Limit to selected User Groups**, select the checkbox of the User Group you want to limit the category too.

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