Access conversations from the Home tab

  Home is where you'll access your channels and direct messages (DMs) in Slack. You can adjust your preferences to customize what you see in your sidebar.

Opening a channel called announcements from the Home tab in Slack

Try it: Open a conversation

  1. Click   Home to view a list of your conversations.
  2. A bold channel or DM in the sidebar means there are unread messages in the conversation. Click the conversation name to view the unread messages.
  3. Scroll up to see past messages in the conversation.

Learn more: Watch our video for a detailed look at working from Home in Slack.