Do admins need to be part of the user-groups?

[Claire]

When assigning users to groups on set up do admins need to be part of the user groups? 

[Evgenii]

Hi, @Claire Jamieson 

No, it's not necessary. Jira Administrators have rights to add to groups, and they don't need to be part of them.

[Claire]

Ok, what about site admins versus confluence/jira admins?

it's a small team so the site admins are also the confluence/jira admins too.

Do I need to keep all these groups or can I slim them down?

[Evgenii]

User groups in Confluence are primarily used for managing permissions and access control within the system. By assigning users to groups, you can simplify permission management by granting group-level permissions instead of individual permissions. This way, when you add or remove users from a group, their access rights automatically adjust based on the group's permissions.

Administrators, on the other hand, have broad system-level access and can perform administrative tasks regardless of their group memberships. They have access to all features and functions by default and can override or modify group-level permissions if necessary.

Answering on your question - If it's small team, and all users are admins, there is no necessity to add them to other groups. You can use group confluence-admins.

But in common practice, with big teams or companies it must not be done.