Add contacts to your VIP list

To help you focus on your most important notifications, set specific people as VIPs to make their messages stand out.

Note: The VIP list feature is being rolled out gradually. We appreciate your patience as we make it available on all paid subscriptions in the coming weeks.


Manage VIPs

Add or remove VIPs

The people that you designate as VIPs will have a dedicated section at the top of your sidebar for unread messages, and unread direct messages (DMs) from your VIPs will appear at the top of the   DMs tab. You can add up to 300 people, from both your organisation and external organisations, to your VIP list.

Desktop

Mobile

  1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
    Static image of a cursor clicking the profile picture menu in the Slack app
  2. Select Preferences from the menu.
  3. Click VIP list.
  4. Search for and select the member that you’d like to add. To remove a member from your VIP list, click Remove.
  1. Tap your profile picture.
  2. Tap VIP list.
  3. Search for and select the member that you’d like to add. To remove a member from your VIP list, click the   remove icon.


Allow notifications during do not disturb

You can set notifications from your VIPs to always be delivered, even when do not disturb (DND) is enabled.

Desktop

Mobile

  1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
    Static image of a cursor clicking the profile picture menu in the Slack app
  2. Select Preferences from the menu.
  3. Click VIP list.
  4. Tick or untick Always allow notifications from VIPs.
  1. Tap your profile picture.
  2. Tap Notifications.
  3. Tap the toggle next to Always allow notifications from VIPs.


Filter VIP activity

In Activity, you can filter your notifications to only see notifications from VIPs. When viewing all activity, unread notifications from your VIPs will appear at the top of the feed.

Desktop

Mobile

  1. Click  Activity in the sidebar.
    Image of the Slack desktop app, with a cursor pointed at the Activity icon.
  2. Click the VIP tab at the top of the activity feed.
  1. Tap the   Activity icon.
  2. Tap the VIP tab at the top of the activity feed.
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