Owners, admins and members with permission can add custom emoji from images in JPG, GIF or PNG format. Square images under 128KB and with transparent backgrounds work best. If your image is too large, Slack will try to resize it for you.
From your desktop, click the smiley face icon in the message field to open the emoji menu.
Click Add emoji.
Click Upload image, and select a file.
Under Give it a name, enter a name for your emoji, then click Save.
Note: Customised emoji with names that are used in the latest set of standard emoji will be deactivated. To reactivate a customised emoji, enter a new name for it.
Remove custom emoji
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Enterprise Grid subscription
Workspace owners and workspace admins can delete any custom emoji, while members can only delete emoji that they've added.
From your desktop, click on your workspace name in the top left.
Select Customise [workspace name]. If you're an owner or admin, you'll need to click Settings & administration first.
Click the Emoji tab at the top of the page.
Search for the emoji that you'd like to remove, then click the delete icon.
Select Delete emoji to confirm.
Org owners and org admins can delete any custom emoji. If you're a workspace owner, workspace admin or member, you can only delete emoji that you've added.
From your desktop, click on your workspace name in the top left.
Select Customise [workspace name]. If you're an owner or admin, you'll need to click Settings & administration first.
Click the Emoji tab at the top of the page to view all custom emoji in your org.
Search for the emoji that you'd like to remove, then click the delete icon.
Select Delete emoji to confirm.
Emoji packs
Add an emoji pack
An emoji pack is a set of custom emoji designed with a specific theme in mind. Each pack provides more customised options to enhance how your team communicates in Slack. For example, use the Remote work pack to customise status suggestions for your team while working from home. Owners, admins and members with permission can add an emoji pack using the steps below.
From your desktop, click the smiley face icon in the message field to open the emoji menu.
Click Add emoji
Click the Emoji packs tab at the top of the page.
Select an emoji pack.
Click Add pack.
Tip: We’ll be adding more emoji packs soon – stay tuned!
Remove an emoji pack
Owners and admins can remove an emoji pack using the steps below.
From your desktop, click the smiley face icon in the message field to open the emoji menu.
Click Add emoji.
Click the Emoji packs tab at the top of the page.
Select the emoji pack that you’d like to remove.
Click Remove pack.
Note:It’s not possible to remove individual emoji from an emoji pack.
Who can use this feature?
By default, all members but not guests
Free, Standard, Plus and Enterprise Grid subscriptions
