Leave a channel

In Slack, work happens in channels — organized spaces for everything related to a project, topic, or team. If a channel is no longer relevant, you can leave it at any time. Here are a few things to keep in mind:


Leave channels

Desktop

Mobile

  1. Open the channel you'd like to leave.
  2. Click the channel name in the conversation header.
  3. Click Leave channel
GIF displaying a cursor clicking on a channel header in the Slack app to open the channel details modal.
  1. Open the channel you'd like to leave.
  2. Tap the channel name in the conversation header.
  3. Tap Leave Channel.

Note: If you leave a private channel, its messages and files will no longer appear in your search results. To rejoin, you'll need to be added back by another member of that channel.

Who can use this feature?