Add one user at a time (easiest)

Applies only for people who don't yet have a user account. To instead add an address for people who already have accounts, skip to options, below. 

• Easiest way to add users if you don't have a large team.
• Identifies conflicting accounts—that is, whether a username you want to create matches an existing account.

Follow the steps: Add a new user

Add multiple users at a time (beta)

Applies only to people who don't have a user account. To add an address for people who have accounts, go to Add email addresses for existing users on this page.

• Quickest way to add up to 10 users if you don't have a large team.
• Identifies conflicting accounts (for example, whether a username you want to create matches an existing account).

Follow the steps: Add an account for multiple users (beta).

Add users in bulk (large organizations)

Before you begin: Check to see if anyone you plan to add already has a Google Account. Then follow steps to avoid conflicts with those accounts. For more information, go to Find and resolve conflicting accounts.

Here are options for adding up to thousands of users:

• If your organization uses an LDAP directory, such as Microsoft Active Directory

  Use Google Cloud Directory Sync to synchronize user data in your existing LDAP directory with your Google account (syncs groups, contacts, and organizations, too).

• If you have programming skills and want the most flexible option

  Use the Admin SDK Directory API to create a large number of users.

• If you need to provision thousands of users as quickly as possible

  Add 50,000 or more users at once using a third-party tool (requires experience using a command line)

• If none of the above options applies for you

  Add up to 150,000 users at once by uploading their names in a CSV file.

After adding new users

• Users can start using their new account right away.
• It can take up to 24 hours for all Google Workspace services to be available.
• Recommended: Add 2-step verification for secure access
• Change the user's profile (first or last) name
• Add the user to a group email list

Options for businesses or schools

• Add the user's employee information to your corporate Directory
• Add the user to an organizational unit (to customize feature or service access)

Give a user another address

1. Create an email alias for the user's existing account.
2. Mail sent to the address arrives in the same inbox as the user's regular mail.

Follow all steps: Give an existing user another address (sales@)

Create a group address (email list)

1. Create a group mailing list for a department or team. 
2. Add existing users to the group.
3. Mail sent to the group arrives in each group member's inbox.

Follow all steps: Create an email list (department@)