Turn classic Hangouts on or off for users

As a G Suite administrator, you can control who in your organization uses Google classic Hangouts from their account. Just turn Hangouts on or off for those people in your Admin console. People who have Hangouts turned on can use it to make text, voice, and video calls from their account.

To control who uses classic Hangouts in your organization

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. 
   From the Admin console Home page, go to AppsG SuiteGoogle Hangouts.

3. At the top right of the gray box, click Edit Service .

4. To turn on or off a service for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

5. To turn on or off a service only for users in an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. Select On or Off.
   3. To keep the service turned on or off even when the service is turned on or off for the parent organizational unit, click Override.
   4. If the organization's status is already Overridden, choose an option:
      • Inherit—Reverts to the same setting as its parent.
      • Save—Saves your new setting (even if the parent setting changes).

   Learn more about organizational structure.

6. To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to turn on a service for a group.