---
title: "Create a static group"
description: "Build a group from named people: search for them, paste their email addresses, or upload a file of addresses."
sidebar:
  order: 2
area: directory
feature: employee-groups
appPath: /directory/home
lastVerified: 2026-10-22
version: "2026-10-16"
audience: admin
screenshots:
  - id: directory-employee-groups-static-add
    caption: Add Static Group takes a name and the people, by search, paste or file.
related:
  - directory/employee-groups/create-a-filter-group
  - directory/employee-groups/reference-group-types
  - flows/automations
intercom:
  - id: "12651638"
    title: Understand Groups in Pyn (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/12651638-understand-groups-in-pyn-pyn-2
    note: draws on
  - id: "6843523"
    title: Create a Custom Group
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/6843523-create-a-custom-group
    note: "Pyn 1 article, kept for reference"
---

Some audiences are a list someone wrote: this quarter's onboarding buddies, the people on a pilot. A static group holds exactly the people you put in it.

## Before you start

- You are a workspace admin.
- If you are pasting or uploading, you have each person's work email as it appears in Pyn. A file is `.csv`, `.xls` or `.xlsx`; every cell that holds an email address is read, whatever the column.

![Add Static Group takes a name and the people, by search, paste or file.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/directory/employee-groups/directory-employee-groups-static-add.png)

## Steps

1. In Pyn, open **Directory** in the left navigation, then select **All Groups** under **Employee Groups**.

2. Select **Create**, then **Static** in the **Create Employee Group** dialog. The **Add Static Group** page opens.

3. Type a **Group Name**, for example "Leadership Team".

4. Add people one of three ways: type in **Search for an employee to add** and select each match; select **Paste a list of employee email addresses**, paste them separated by commas, spaces or new lines, and select **Process Emails**; or select **Upload a CSV, XLS, or XLSX file of employee email addresses** and choose the file.

5. Read the result of a paste or upload. **Selected Employees (N)** lists who matched; a notice lists any addresses that **did not match current employees**, with **copy to clipboard** so you can check them. Remove anyone with the **X** on their row.

6. Select **Next**. The **Confirm Static Group** page reads **Confirm to add these N employees to the group**; select **Confirm**.

7. On **Your static group has been created.** select **Done**. The group's panel opens.

> **Note:** Only current employees, upcoming joiners and people on leave can be found or matched; terminated employees are skipped. A paste or file is capped at 1,000 addresses, and the notice says how many were processed when there were more.

## What you should see

The group under **All Groups** with its members listed under **Group Employees:**, ready to include or exclude in an automation. Membership is yours to manage: Pyn does not add or remove people from a static group when their data changes.

## Related

- [Create a filter group](https://support.pynhq.com/directory/employee-groups/create-a-filter-group/) when the list should follow a rule instead.
- [Group types](https://support.pynhq.com/directory/employee-groups/reference-group-types/) for how static groups differ from the rest.
- [Automations](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/automations/) for using the group.

## Related Intercom articles

- [Understand Groups in Pyn (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/12651638-understand-groups-in-pyn-pyn-2) — draws on
- [Create a Custom Group](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/6843523-create-a-custom-group) — Pyn 1 article, kept for reference