Instructions apply to the Messenger app foriOSandAndroid.

Messenger is also available for Windows 10 or via a web internet tool.

Here’s how to set up a group in Messenger and start a chat.

Setting up a Facebook group chat.

Open Messenger and tap thenew chaticon.

In a web client, click theFacebook Messengericon at the top of any Facebook page.

TapCreate a New Group.

Setting up a Facebook group chat.

Select people from your friend list to add them to the group.

Give the group a name.

(This is an option for groups of three or more.

Facebook group chat member settings.

you’ve got the option to change it later.)

Here’s how:

fire up the group in the Messenger app.

Tap thegroup nameat the top, then tapMembers(tapSee Group Membersin newer versions of Messenger).

Removing members from a Facebook group chat.

choose the friend you want to remove.

New members can see all the past messages sent within the group.

initiate the group you want to edit.

Leaving a Facebook group chat.

Select theplus signand choose new members from your Friends list.

Here’s how:

pop crack open the group you want to leave.

Scroll down and tapLeave Group(orLeave Chat).

TapLeave Group(orLeave Chat) to confirm.

If you’re leaving a group you created, you could set a new admin.

If you don’t, the first person you invited who is still in the group becomea the admin.

Leaving notifies the other members you’ve left.