# Blacklist

The Blacklist is a list of avatars for your group which should never get an invitation to the group. For example, it can automatically eject a spammer.

## Managing Blacklist

On the management page of blacklisted of avatars, you can add them to the list, or delete them from it. In addition, You can put a check box "Use one the same blacklist for all my groups", then the same black list will be used for all your groups.

To Add a name to the blacklist locate the desired group, hover over the inviter option and select 'blacklist'.

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Then type in the name of the person and click proceed.

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## Protecting your group against spammers

The most powerful measure against a spammer is to eject him from the group. However, if your group has open enrollment, the abuser will be able to join again in a minute.

To protect your group chat, close the group enrollment and invite new members using only SmartBot Interfaces.

If you eject a spammer and add him to the blacklist he wont be able to join again.

## Blacklisting automatically

Adding residents manually may be to time consuming. To blacklist and eject abusers with one click use the [Group Chat Control Service](/doc/88b26ee3-8478-45db-ad54-3e87781d78e0).