Browse people and user groups in Slack
In Slack, you can find people you work with from the directory. Search for anyone to view their profile and find information, like their job title, local time zone, and more.
What to expect
- You can filter results by account type, like guest or deactivated account, to find who you're looking for more quickly.
- If you use Slack Connect to work with people outside your company, you can view people you work with from other organizations.
- On paid plans, you can also browse user groups in your workspace.
Find people
Desktop
Mobile
- From your desktop, click People & user groups at the top of your left sidebar. If you don't see this option, click More to find it.
- Type someone’s name, job title, team, or email address in the search field. To narrow your results, click Sort or Filter on the right side of the page.
- Click a photo to open someone’s profile.
- Tap Search at the bottom of your screen.
- Tap Browse People.
- Type someone’s name, job title, or email address in the search field.
- Tap someone's name to open their profile.
Note: If an owner or admin has hidden email addresses for your organization, searching by email will not return any results.
Find owners and admins
Some actions in Slack are only available to owners and admins. If you don’t have permission to use a feature or change a setting, find an owner or admin to ask for help:
- From your desktop, click People & user groups at the top of your left sidebar. If you don't see this option, click More to find it.
- Click Filter on the right side of the page.
- Click Account type, then select an owner or admin role from the drop-down menu. In an Enterprise Grid organization, you can filter by workspace- and org-level owners and admins.
- Click a photo to open someone’s profile.
Browse user groups
On paid plans, you can browse user groups and view the people in them:
- From your desktop, click People & user groups at the top of your left sidebar. If you don't see this option, click More to find it.
- Select the User groups tab at the top of the screen.
- Type a team name, project, or department in the search field. To narrow your results, click Sort or Filter on the right side of the page.
- Click on a group to view its members.
Tip: If you need to add many people to a channel at once, create a user group and add it to that channel.
In Slack, you can find people you work with from the directory. Search for anyone to view their profile and find information, like their job title, local time zone, and more.
What to expect
- You can filter results by account type, like guest or deactivated account, to find who you're looking for more quickly.
- If you use Slack Connect to work with people outside your company, you can view people you work with from other organizations.
- On paid plans, you can also browse user groups in your workspace.
Find people
Desktop
Mobile
- Hover over More.
- Click People.
- Type someone’s name, job title, team, or email address in the search field. To narrow your results, click Sort or Filter on the right side of the page.
- Click a photo to open someone’s profile.
- Tap Search at the bottom of your screen.
- Tap Browse People.
- Type someone’s name, job title, or email address in the search field.
- Tap someone's name to open their profile.
Note: If an owner or admin has hidden email addresses for your organization, searching by email will not return any results.
Find owners and admins
Some actions in Slack are only available to owners and admins. If you don’t have permission to use a feature or change a setting, find an owner or admin to ask for help:
- Hover over More.
- Click People.
- Click Filter on the right side of the page.
- Click Account type, then select an owner or admin role from the drop-down menu. In an Enterprise Grid organization, you can filter by workspace- and org-level owners and admins.
- Click a photo to open someone’s profile.
Browse user groups
On paid plans, you can browse user groups and view the people in them:
- Hover over More.
- Click People.
- Select User groups from the sidebar.
- Type a team name, project, or department in the search field. To narrow your results, click Sort or Filter on the right side of the page.
- Click on a group to view its members.
Tip: If you need to add many people to a channel at once, create a user group and add it to that channel.