Whether in a meeting or taking a break from work, members can enter their own status in Slack, or choose from five suggested options. Workspace owners and admins can customise the suggested options that members can choose from.
Tips for creating status suggestions
Select an emoji that illustrates each status clearly.
Keep statuses short so that members can add to them if needed.
Avoid acronyms, terms and phrases that aren't familiar to everyone.
Choose reasonable time frames so that statuses don't clear too soon.
Set default status suggestions
From your desktop, click on your workspace name at the top left.
Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Customise [workspace name].
Click the Statuses tab.
Select the default status suggestions.
Click on Save.
Tip:You can use custom emoji for default status suggestions. Learn how to create and add custom emoji to Slack.
Members can set their status in Slackto let others know what they're up to or share their availability. Workspace owners and admins can customise the suggested status options that members can choose from.
Tips for creating status suggestions
Select an emoji that illustrates each status clearly.
Keep statuses short so that members can add to them if needed. Also, avoid acronyms, terms and phrases that aren't familiar to everyone.
Choose reasonable time frames so that statuses don't clear too soon.
Set default status suggestions
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Customise.
Click the Statuses tab.
Select the default status suggestions.
Click on Save.
Tip:You can use custom emoji for default status suggestions. Learn how to create and add custom emoji to Slack.
