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# Squads
Squads are smaller groups of members within Teams. Squads could correspond to groups of people that are responsible for specific projects within a Team.
These are especially useful for adding groups of people to be on-call in a [Schedule](/~/changes/lGFY3mJPy207GveiFTeX/schedules/schedules-legacy/create-and-manage-on-call-schedules-and-rotations.md). Squads are also handy when you need to notify the entire group together. For instance, when co-ordinated responses are required for high-urgency, high-complexity incidents, or as the last level of notification in an Escalation Policy when an incident is still un-acknowledged at that point.
### Create a Squad
{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisite:** [Add Users](/~/changes/lGFY3mJPy207GveiFTeX/manage-users/add-and-delete-users.md#add-users) to your Team before defining a Squad.
{% endhint %}
Follow the steps below to create a Squad in a Team:
1. Click on **Settings** in the sidebar
2\. Click on **Teams** from the secondary navigation menu and select the **Team** that you want to create a Squad in
3\. Click on **Squads** from the horizontal menu
4\. Click on **Add Squad** to add a new Squad
5\. Add a **Squad Name** and map the members of the Team
6\. Click on **Save** to create and view the Squad
### Edit or Delete a Squad
1. Click on **Settings** in the sidebar
2\. Click on **Teams** from the secondary navigation menu and select the **Team** that you want to create a Squad in
3\. Click on **Squads** from the horizontal menu
4\. To edit an existing Squad, click on `More Options` for that particular Squad
5\. Choose **Edit** to modify the existing Squad or **Delete** to delete the Squad entirely
6\. After modifying/choosing to delete the Squad, either click on **Save** or confirm the deletion accordingly
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