Help promote organization and consistency in Slack by creating a set of standard channel prefixes. Adding prefixes to channel names can help members determine where relevant work is happening and find answers to questions more quickly.
Understand channel prefixes
Things to keep in mind
When creating channels, members will be able to choose from their workspace's customized list of channel prefixes, or create their own unique channel names.
Channel prefixes can only be used when creating channels from Slack on your desktop.
It's not currently possible to edit channel prefixes you've created.
Default prefixes
Slack offers three default channel prefixes — #help, #proj, and #team. When managing prefixes, Workspace Owners and Admins can choose one of these options:
Use Slack's default prefixes
Add your own custom prefixes in addition to, or instead of, the defaults
Remove the default prefixes entirely and don't add custom ones
Prefix limits
Workspaces on the free plan can have up to six prefixes, while Pro and Business+ workspaces can have up to 99. Each workspace in an Enterprise Grid org can have up to 99 prefixes.
Create channel prefixes
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
Select Settings & administration, then Customize [workspace name].
Click Channel Prefixes at the top of the page.
Click Add Prefix.
Enter a prefix and a description telling members how it can be used.
Click Save.
Delete channel prefixes
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
Select Settings & administration, then Customize [workspace name].
Click Channel Prefixes at the top of the page.
Click the icon next to the prefix you want to remove.
Tip: If you delete a prefix and replace it with another one, ask members to rename any channels created with the old prefix. These channels won't update automatically.
Help promote organization and consistency in Slack by creating a set of standard channel prefixes. Adding prefixes to channel names can help members determine where relevant work is happening and find answers to questions more quickly.
Understand channel prefixes
Things to keep in mind
When creating channels, members will be able to choose from their workspace's customized list of channel prefixes, or create their own unique channel names.
Channel prefixes can only be used when creating channels from Slack on your desktop.
It's not currently possible to edit channel prefixes you've created.
Default prefixes
Slack offers three default channel prefixes — #help, #proj, and #team. When managing prefixes, Workspace Owners and Admins can choose one of these options:
Use Slack's default prefixes
Add your own custom prefixes in addition to, or instead of, the defaults
Remove the default prefixes entirely and don't add custom ones
Prefix limits
Workspaces on the free plan can have up to six prefixes, while Pro and Business+ workspaces can have up to 99. Each workspace in an Enterprise Grid org can have up to 99 prefixes.
Create channel prefixes
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Customize.
Click Channel Prefixes at the top of the page.
Click Add Prefix.
Enter a prefix and a description telling members how it can be used.
Click Save.
Delete channel prefixes
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Customize.
Click Channel Prefixes at the top of the page.
Click the icon next to the prefix you want to remove.
Tip: If you delete a prefix and replace it with another one, ask members to rename any channels created with the old prefix. These channels won't update automatically.
