# Server Groups

https://docs.wisecp.com/es/managing-server-groups

Group servers that share the same automation module so new accounts spread across them by themselves, either by the lowest load or in turn.

## Opening the Screen

From **Server Settings** ([Server Management](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/server-management)), click **Server Groups**: `{admin}/products/servers/groups`.

A group only balances new accounts; it never moves a service already installed on a server. Point a hosting or server product at the group from that product's own automation settings.

## What Is on the Screen

| Area | Holds | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Toolbar | Apply to Selected, Create New Group, Server Settings shortcut | Above the list. |
| List | Group Name, Distribution Type, Servers, row menu | Always, one row per group. |

### Columns and the Row Menu

**Group Name** links to the group's edit screen. **Distribution Type** describes how the group places new accounts (see [Creating a Server Group](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/creating-a-server-group) for the two methods). **Servers** counts the servers currently assigned. Each row ends with a three dot menu holding **Edit** and **Delete**; **Apply to Selected** in the toolbar offers only **Delete** for ticked rows, since a group has no active or inactive state of its own. The download icon in the toolbar offers the filtered list as CSV, JSON or XML.

## Fields

- **Apply to Selected**: Delete for the ticked rows. Empties itself after it runs.

## Tasks

### Creating a Group

1. Click **Create New Group** above the list.
2. Continue in [Creating a Server Group](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/creating-a-server-group).

### Deleting a Group

1. Open a row's three dot menu and choose **Delete**, or tick several rows and choose **Delete** from **Apply to Selected**.
2. Confirm in the window; deleting more than one group asks for your admin password.
3. Deletion is refused while a product still assigns services to the group. Move that product to another group or a single server first.

## Things to Watch

> **Deleting is refused while a product uses the group**
> 
> A group cannot be deleted while a product still assigns services to it. Point that product at a different group or a single server first.

> **Bulk delete asks for your password**
> 
> Deleting two or more groups at once asks for your own admin password before it proceeds. Deleting a single group does not.

## Required Privileges

Opening the screen and every action on it, deleting included, needs **Server Settings** (`MODULES_SERVERS_SETTINGS`). Downloading the list additionally needs the export privilege; without it the download icon does not appear.

## Related Articles

- [Creating a Server Group](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/creating-a-server-group)
- [Server Management](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/server-management)
- [Adding a Server](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/adding-a-server)