As a Directory admin, you can set which users are visible to other users in your organization. When a user is visible to another user, their contact information is available in search and their email address autocompletes in services like Gmail and Drive.
Before you begin:If you need to set up a department or team for this setting, go to Add an organizational unit .
- Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
- Go to Menu Directory > Directory settings .
Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege .
- Click Visibility settings.
- (Optional) To apply the setting to a department or team, at the side, select an organizational unit. Show me how
- In the Directory visibility section, select from the following options:
- No users—Users can't find other users or groups. Autocomplete and search use only addresses in the user's Contacts.
- All users—Users can find all other users in the organization, except for users who are hidden from Directory. They can find all groups that are visible to the organization .
- Users in a custom directory—Users can find only users in a custom directory. They can find all groups that are visible to the organization . Learn how to set up a custom directory .
- Click Save.Or, you might click Overridefor an organizational unit
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To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit.
Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more
