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---
title: Group
description: Instructions on how to setup groups within Home Assistant.
ha_category:
- Organization
ha_release: pre 0.7
ha_iot_class: Calculated
ha_quality_scale: internal
ha_codeowners:
- '@home-assistant/core'
ha_domain: group
ha_platforms:
- binary_sensor
- cover
- fan
- light
- media_player
- notify
---
Groups allow the user to combine multiple entities into one.
Check **Developer Tools** -> **States** and browse the **Current entities:** listing for all available entities.
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
group:
kitchen:
name: Kitchen
entities:
- switch.kitchen_pin_3
climate:
name: Climate
entities:
- sensor.bedroom_temp
- sensor.porch_temp
awesome_people:
name: Awesome People
entities:
- device_tracker.dad_smith
- device_tracker.mom_smith
```
{% configuration %}
name:
description: Name of the group.
required: false
type: string
entities:
description: Array or comma delimited string, list of entities to group.
required: true
type: list
all:
description: Set this to `true` if the group state should only turn *on* if **all** grouped entities are *on*.
required: false
type: boolean
default: false
icon:
description: The icon that shows in the front end.
required: false
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
## Group behavior
By default when any member of a group is `on` then the group will also be `on`. Similarly with a device tracker, when any member of the group is `home` then the group is `home`. If you set the `all` option to `true` though, this behavior is inverted and all members of the group have to be `on` for the group to turn on as well.
## Group state calculation
The system can calculate group state with entities from the following domains:
* alarm_control_panel
* binary_sensor
* climate
* cover
* device_tracker
* fan
* humidifier
* light
* lock
* media_player
* person
* plant
* remote
* switch
* vacuum
* water_heater
When entities all have a single on and off state, the group state will
be calculated as follows:
| Domain | on | off |
|-------------------|--------|----------|
| device_tracker | home | not_home |
| cover | open | closed |
| lock | locked | unlocked |
| person | home | not_home |
| media_player | ok | problem |
When a group contains entities from domains that have multiple `on` states or only use `on`
and `off`, the group state will be `on` or `off`.
It is possible to create a group that the system cannot calculate a group state.
Groups with entities from unsupported domains will always have an unknown state.
These groups can still be in templates with the `expand()` directive, called using the
`homeassistant.turn_on` and `homeassistant.turn_off` services, etc.