Using Slack
From channels to search, learn how Slack works from top to bottom.
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Channels
- What is a channel?
- Use Channel Expert in Slack (legacy)
- Work with templates in channels
- Create and share custom channel templates
- Guide to Slack channel templates
- Use Salesforce channels in Slack
- Join a channel
- Create a channel
- Set a conversation topic or channel description
- Add people to a channel
- Remove someone from a channel
- Rename a channel
- Convert a channel to private or public
- Leave a channel
- Archive or delete a channel
- Use the general channel to share announcements
- Copy member names and email addresses from a conversation
- Add a channel to multiple workspaces in your Enterprise organization
- Slack Connect guide: Work with external organizations
- Use Slack Connect to work with other companies in channels
- Accept a Slack Connect channel invitation
- Remove organizations from a Slack Connect channel
- Let additional organizations join a Slack Connect channel
- Slack Connect: Disconnect from an organization
AI
Direct messages
Format & style messages
Message features & tools
- Open separate windows in Slack
- Use focus mode in Slack
- Start your day with Today
- Create automated messages in Slack
- Use split view in Slack
- Add contacts as VIPs
- Add and manage tabs in channels and direct messages
- Share sidebar sections in Slack
- Understand canvas update messages
- Guide to AI features in Slack
- Get your work done from the Activity view
- Use Sales Home in Slack
- Introduce people across the organizations you work with
- Notify a channel or workspace
- Create and edit user groups
- Add custom emoji and aliases to your workspace
- Star channels and direct messages
- Save messages and files for later
- Use threads to organize discussions
- Send emails to Slack
- Set a reminder
- View all your unread messages
- Edit message retention settings for specific conversations
Share files & conversations
- Use AI to write or edit content in a canvas
- Create and share custom list templates
- Print a Slack canvas
- Add files to Slack
- Find and use canvas templates
- Create and share custom canvas templates
- Use a canvas in Slack
- Restricted file types in Slack Connect
- Use lists in Slack
- Discover ways to use canvases
- Manage access permissions for canvases and lists
- How data management features apply to canvases and lists
- Add alt text to images
- Create or paste code snippets in Slack
- Share links and set preview preferences
- Forward messages in Slack
- Reassign canvas or list ownership
Search in Slack
Audio & video
Keyboard shortcuts & accessibility
Get troubleshooting tips
- Claim a tax refund for exempt workspaces
- How to identify an unrecognized Slack charge
- How to access new features before your plan renews
- Troubleshoot checkout and Billing page errors
- Can I upgrade only my account to a paid plan?
- The difference between inactive and deactivated billing status
- Understand how credits are generated when a member is deactivated
- Troubleshoot Slack in a Citrix environment
- Trouble receiving emails from Slack
- Troubleshoot connection issues
- Manage Slack connection issues
- Get updates on Slack's uptime alerts