---
title: "Add an audience to a workspace"
slug: "add-an-audience-to-a-workspace"
tags: ["Participant", "Totara Engage", "Site Administrator", "How-to"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:28Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:28Z
canonical: "totara.help/add-an-audience-to-a-workspace"
---

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# Add an audience to a workspace

Instead of [adding members to your workspaces individually](/totara-20/docs/add-a-member-to-a-workspace), you may want to add multiple users at once using your existing [audiences](/totara-20/docs/what-is-an-audience). You can do this as a Site Administrator (or if your role includes the capability to manage audiences) by following these steps:

1. Navigate to the workspace for which you would like to add members using audiences.
2. Click the user actions menu (this will say **Owner** if you are the Workspace Owner) and select **Add audiences** from the dropdown list.
3. Tick the check box for each audience you want to add to the workspace. If you have a large number of audiences on your site you may need to use the search bar to find the audience you are looking for.
4. Click **Add audiences**.
5. The **Members** and **Audiences** tabs will be updated with the assigned audiences and their members, but these may take a few minutes to update.

Note that the **Audience sync** [enrolment method](/totara-20/docs/what-are-enrolment-methods) must be enabled in order to assign audiences to workspaces.

You can remove an assigned audience from a workspace by going to the **Audiences** tab and clicking the cross icon (![thin_cross](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/thin_cross.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T14%3A48%3A55Z&se=2026-11-01T15%3A48%3A55Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=3ImIZspbOExmiqCAXbcXEhLeT9LeHt1TOWBJRgIbYvU%3D)) next to the audience. When an audience is removed from a workspace, all members are removed (unless they have also been added as part of another audience), but any content they have added to the workspace will remain.

When a user is removed from an assigned set or dynamic audience (whether manually or as a result of the audience's rules), that user will automatically be removed from the workspace.Note that any users added to a workspace via an audience will not be able to leave the workspace. If they are not interested in the workspace, they can instead mute [workspace notifications](/totara-20/docs/workspace-notifications) by clicking the bell icon.

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## Next steps

- [Add a member to a workspace](/totara-20/docs/add-a-member-to-a-workspace)
- [Remove a workspace member](/totara-20/docs/remove-a-member-from-a-workspace)

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