Invite new members to your workspace
- Workspace owners, admins and sometimes members
- Free, Standard and Plus subscriptions
Whether your Slack workspace is brand new or it's been around for a while, this article will explain how to invite others to join.
💡Need to add someone to a channel rather than a workspace? Learn how in Add people to a channel.
Tip: Enterprise Grid Org Owners and Admins can invite members to workspaces in their org by following these steps.
Workspace invite permissions
Your ability to invite others to your workspace depends on both your role in Slack and your workspace settings.
- Workspace Owners and Admins can invite both members and guests. Please note that guests can only be invited to workspaces on paid subscriptions.
- Members can invite other members if an Owner or Admin enables this option. Otherwise, they can request invitations for admins to approve.
- Guests cannot send or request invitations.
Send an invitation
Follow the steps below to send invitations:
Desktop
iOS
Android
Invite members
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Invite people from the menu, then click Members. (If you’re on the Standard or Plus subscriptions, you’ll also see the option to invite guests, which we’ve included instructions for below.)
- Enter the email addresses of people you want to invite. If you have a list of addresses to add, click Add many at once, paste them into the text box and click Add invitees.
- Under Default channels, click Edit/add to choose channels these invitees will automatically be added to.
- Click Send invitations to finish.
Invite guests
On Standard and Plus subscriptions, Workspace Owners and Admins can invite Multi-Channel or Single-Channel Guests:
- Click your workspace name, then select Invite people and choose Multi-channel guests or Single-channel guests.
- Enter your guests’ email addresses.
- Under Invite to, choose the channel(s) they’ll have access to.
- Set a time limit for how long they can access the channel(s) they’ll be invited to.
- Click Invite guests.
Note: guests won't be added automatically to the #general channel when they join your workspace.
- Sign in to your workspace.
- Tap any channel name, then tap the three dots icon.
- Tap Invite people.
- Enter email addresses or tap Contacts to select people saved to your device.
- Tap Send.
Note: It’s not currently possible to invite guests from Slack’s mobile apps.
- Sign in to your workspace, then tap the overflow icon in the top right.
- Tap Invite members.
- Enter email addresses or tap Contacts to invite people stored on your device.
- Tap Send to finish.
Note: It’s not currently possible to invite guests from Slack’s mobile apps.
Request an invitation
If sending invitations is restricted to Workspace Owners and Admins, members can request invitations for other people:
Free subscription
Standard/Plus subscriptions
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Invite people from the menu, then click Members.
- Enter the email addresses of people you want to invite. If you have a list of addresses to add, click Add many at once, paste them into the text box and click Add invitees.
- If you'd like, click Edit / add below Default Channels to choose channels your invitees will be added to if an admin approves the request.
- Click Send Request.
- You'll receive a message from Slackbot when an admin has approved or denied your request.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Invite people from the menu, then choose the type of invite you'd like to request — Member, Multi-Channel Guest, or Single-Channel Guest.
- Enter the email addresses of people you want to invite. If you have a list of addresses to add, click Add many at once, paste them into the text box and click Add invitees.
- When requesting invites for members, click Edit / add below Default Channels to choose channels they'll be added to if an admin approves the request. When requesting invites for guests, you'll be prompted to choose channels for them and set an optional expiration date for their accounts.
- Click Send Request.
- You'll receive a message from Slackbot when an admin has approved or denied your request.
Share an invitation link
Workspace Owners and Admins can create a link that anyone can use to join their workspace. Invite links can be used by up to 2,000 people. You'll need to create a new link if you reach this limit.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Invite people from the menu, then click Members.
- Click Get an invitation link to share.
- Choose an expiry date from the drop-down menu.
- Click Create invitation link.
- Click Copy, then share the link with anyone you want to join your workspace.
Tip: if you aren't able to create an invite link yourself, contact an Owner or Admin and ask them to share one with you.
Allow email sign-up
Workspace Owners can enable email signup. This allows people with an email address from a specific domain (e.g., your company's domain) to join your workspace without an invitation. Before someone can join a workspace this way, we'll send a validation link to their email address to verify their identity.
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Administration, then Workspace settings.
- Next to Workspace sign-up mode, click Expand.
- Choose Any email address from these domains.
- Enter your domain(s), then click Save.
Manage pending invitations
Workspace owners and admins can view pending and accepted invitations and make either of the following changes:
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Revoke Invitation
Revoke an invitation to prevent an invited member from using it or disable email notifications they may receive from Slack before accepting -
Resend invitation
Send a new email invitation if the original has expired or got lost
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Invite people from the menu.
- Click See pending and accepted invitations for your workspace.
- On the Pending invitations tab, click the right arrow icon next to the invitation you want to view.
- Click Revoke invitation, Resend invitation or click the down arrow icon to exit.
Tip: members with permission to send workspace invites are not able to resend pending invitations. Contact a Workspace Owner or Admin to resend them on your behalf.
Note: after you revoke a pending invitation, the invited member's account will show up as deactivated. To reinvite them, you'll need to activate their account from the Manage members page, then select Resend invitation.
Invitation limits
In certain circumstances, Slack may limit your ability to send invitations. This typically happens if you’ve sent many invites, but few have been accepted.
If you hit an invite limit, all of your pending invitations will remain valid. Please note that revoking pending invites will not lift an invitation limit.
To avoid hitting an invite limit, create a shared invite link (or ask your Workspace Owner or Admin to do so). Then, share it with anyone you want to join your workspace.