What member groups are and how to use them
NestBoard · 2026-09-30
What member groups are
Member groups are labels for a subset of your household. "Kids", "Grandparents", "The twins", "Teens". They exist so that a big or multi-generation household stays readable, and so you can say "the kids" to NestBoard instead of tapping four names.
They are optional. NestBoard surfaces them once you have about five or more members, because a household of three does not need them. If you never see a Groups section, that is why, and nothing is missing.
Each person sits in one group at a time, or in none. So "Kids" and "Grandparents" work well side by side. Overlapping labels like "Swim team" and "Little ones" for the same child do not, because a member holds one group label, not several.
How to create a group
Open the Family page. In the groups area, type a name and tap "Add group". Each group then has a paint button to give it a color, a pencil to rename it, and a trash button to delete it.
Putting people into a group happens on their member card. Open the card, edit the member, and pick the group from the Group dropdown. There is a "New group" button right next to it, so you can create the group and file the person in one go. Larger households also get a Groups step during first-run setup, where you can tag people before you ever reach the dashboard.
Robin, the built-in assistant, can do the group housekeeping for you: "make a Grandparents group", "rename Kids to Littles", "make the Adults group plum", or "delete the Teens group". Who is in a group is set on the Family page rather than by Robin, and Robin will tell you so if you ask it to move someone.
Deleting a group does not remove anyone from the household. It clears the label and those members become ungrouped. Nothing assigned to them changes.
Where groups show up
On the calendar. Tap a group in the member filter and the calendar narrows to everyone in it with one tap. In a co-parenting household, a "Kids" group is the quick way to see just the kids' week without the grown-ups' work calendars in the way. There is more on that setup in our co-parenting calendar guide.
On the Chores page. The same filter chips appear there, so "Kids" shows only the kids' chores and "Grandparents" shows only theirs.
On the Family page. Members are banded under group headers, with an "Everyone else" band for anyone not yet in a group, so a household of nine reads as three short lists instead of one long one. If that is your house, multigenerational household organization covers the rest of the setup.
With Robin. This is where groups save the most taps. "Schedule the kids' dentist Friday at 3" puts every member of the Kids group on one event. "Give @Kids a tidy-your-room chore every Saturday" creates the chore once for each kid, so each of them has their own copy to check off, their own points, and their own streak. You can mix a group with individuals too: "@Kids and Mom" works.
When groups are useful
Groups make the most sense when you regularly point the same cluster of people at the same things. Twins or kids close in age who share activities. Grandparents living in the house with their own appointments. A blended household where the kids who are here this week are not the kids who are here next week and you want the calendar to show just the ones in the house.
If your household is small or everyone does everything together, you will probably never need one. The feature is there when your household's shape calls for it and stays out of the way when it does not.
What groups do not do
Member groups are only labels. They do not change permissions, they do not create separate households, and they do not hide anything from anyone. Being in a group, or not, changes nothing about what a person can see. Roles (Adult, Caregiver, Child, Guest) are what govern access, including who sees events marked adults-only, and those are set per person, not per group.
Frequently asked questions
Can a person be in more than one group?
No. Each member holds one group label at a time, or none. If you need overlapping labels, pick the one you filter by most often and leave the rest to the calendar's per-person filter.
Why do I not see a Groups section?
Groups appear once your household has about five or more members. Smaller households do not get the section because a filter for three people is just the member filter. Add more members and it shows up on its own.
Can I assign a chore or an event to a whole group at once?
Yes, through Robin. Say "schedule the kids' dentist Friday" or use "@Kids" anywhere you would name people, and Robin puts everyone in the group on the event. For chores, Robin creates one copy per member of the group so each person has their own to check off. On the event and chore forms themselves you tap people individually.
What happens to events and chores if I delete a group?
Nothing. A group is a label on members, not on events or chores. Deleting it clears the label and the members become ungrouped. Everything already on the calendar and the chore list stays exactly as it was.
Can Robin put someone into a group?
Not yet. Robin can create, rename, recolor, and delete groups, but membership is set on the Family page: open the person's card, edit, and pick the group.