On Kik, groups have Owners and Admins. You can tell the difference between these group roles by the badge that appears on a user's profile picture in the group. Group Owners will have a green badge on their profile picture and group Admins will have a gold badge on their profile picture.
Group Owners can:
- Promote someone to Admin
- Demote Admins
- Kick or ban all non Owners
- Unban people
- Change the group name and profile picture
Group Admins can:
- Promote someone to Admin
- Kick or ban all non Owners
- Unban people
- Change the group name and profile picture
To see all of the group Owners and Admins in your group tap the Group Name at the top of the chat beside the > and look for the badge on group members profile pictures. As of September 16, 2016, anyone who was an Admin of an already existing group would have automatically been promoted to an Owner. Unfortunately, we don't have the ability to demote an Owner of a group. The only way an Owner can lose their status is to leave the group themselves.
Promote someone to Admin
- Tap the profile picture of the person you'd like to promote, from either the chat or Group Info Screen, and select Promote to Admin
Demote from Admin
- Tap the profile picture of the person you'd like to demote, from either the chat or Group Info Screen, and select Demote from Admin
Kick from the Group
This will remove the person from the group but will still allow them to join again, if they want.
- Tap the profile picture of the person you'd like to demote, from either the chat or Group Info Screen, and select Remove from Group
Ban from the Group
This permanently bans the person from the group so they can't join until they're removed from the ban list
- Tap the profile picture of the person you'd like to demote, from either the chat or Group Info Screen, and select Ban from Group
The Owner or Admin can ban the user from the group even if the user has left the group.
Unban from the Group
From the Group Info Screen:
1. Tap More
2. Select View Members
3. Under the banned section of the list, tap the name of the person you'd like to unban
4. Tap Unban
Change the group name
From the Group Info Screen:
1. Tap Change Group Name
2. Type in the new name
3. Tap Save
Change Group Photo
From the Group Info Screen:
1. Tap Change Group Photo
2. Select Take Picture to take a new picture OR Tap Choose Existing to access your gallery
3. Choose or take the photo you'd like and tap Choose