# Open vs Closed groups

## Open Groups

In an open group, every user can see data submissions and chats of all the users inside the group. 

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These types of groups shall be created when there is no restriction of limiting data access to different group members. 
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## Closed Groups

In a closed group form submissions and chats of Non-admin members can only see their submissions and chats. Admin and Super-admins of the groups can see submissions and chats of every group member.

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These types of groups shall be created when data access restrictions are required in a process.
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## Key differences between Open vs closed groups

<table><thead><tr><th width="197" align="center">Feature</th><th width="243">Open Group</th><th>Closed Group</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">Form submissions</td><td>Every submission is visible to every group member</td><td><ul><li>Non admin members can only see their submissions</li><li>Group admins can see every group members submission</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Chats</td><td>Every group member can see all the chats done in the group</td><td><ul><li>Non-admin members can do conversations only with Admin members</li><li>Admins can do conversation with all the members of the group</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>


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