Slack Connect: Manage channel approval settings and invitation requests
To help you manage Slack Connect for your organization, there are a number of approval settings you can adjust for Slack Connect channels. Keep reading to learn how to manage approval settings, apply approval settings to specific external organizations, and manage invitation requests.
Manage approval settings for Slack Connect channels
Pro and Business+ plans
Enterprise Grid plan
Workspace Owners can adjust the following approval settings:
- Who can approve requests and manage Slack Connect channels
- When approval is required for Slack channels
- Where requests are sent for approval
Manage approval settings
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
- Click the Permissions tab.
- Next to Slack Connect Channels, click Expand.
- Select your approval settings.
- Click Save.
Org Owners and Org Admins can adjust the following approval settings:
- Who can approve requests and manage Slack Connect channels
- When approval is required for Slack channels
- Where requests are sent for approval
Manage approval settings
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration, then click Organization settings.
- Click Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
- Select your approval settings.
- Select an option and click Save.
Manage approval settings per organization
Pro and Business+ plans
Enterprise Grid plan
Workspace Owners (and anyone else they’ve granted permission to) can apply custom approval settings to specific organizations their company works with.
- From your desktop, click Slack Connect in your sidebar.
- Click the gear icon and select Manage connections to see all the organizations you're working with.
- Next to the organization you'd like to set custom approval for, click the
three dots icon and select Edit approval settings. - Click Custom, then select an option from the menu.
- Click Save to confirm.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Organization settings.
- Click Slack Connect in the left sidebar.
- Next to the organization you'd like to set custom approval for, click the
three dots icon and select Edit approval settings. - Click Custom, then select an option from the menu.
- Click Save to confirm.
Approve or deny invitation requests
Pro and Business+ plans
Enterprise Grid plan
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
- Select Slack Connect invitations in the left column.
- Select the Open requests tab.
- Select the three dots icon next to a channel name to approve or deny the request. To take action in bulk, select up to 25 requests, then select Approve or Deny.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Manage Slack Connect.
- Click Invitations in the left column.
- Select the Open requests tab.
- Select the three dots icon next to a channel name to approve or deny the request. To take action in bulk, select up to 25 requests, then select Approve or Deny.
Enable Slack Connect for specific workspaces
On Enterprise Grid, you can choose to allow Slack Connect channels in specific workspaces only.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration, then click Organization settings.
- Click Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
- Next to Enable for channels in which workspaces, click Edit.
- Select an option and search for your desired workspaces, then click Save.
Who can use this feature?
- Workspace Owners (Pro and Business+) and Org Owners and Org Admins (Enterprise Grid) can manage approval settings and decide who can approve invitation requests
- Available on paid plans