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Gmail add-on for Slack

Send emails into Slack channels and direct messages (DMs) directly from your email inbox with the Gmail add-on for Slack. 

You can install the add-on from these devices:

  • Any computer
  • iPhone
  • Android phones and tablets

 

Step 1: Install the Slack add-on on Gmail

  1. Head to the Slack for Gmail page in the G Suite Marketplace.
  2. Click Install and follow the prompts.
  3. Click Done.

Tip: if you're unable to install the add-on, ask a G Suite administrator at your company to approve Slack for Gmail from the G Suite Admin Console.

 

Step 2: Connect Gmail to your Slack account

After you install the add-on, connect your Gmail account to a Slack workspace. If you're part of an Enterprise Grid org, you can connect any workspaces that you're a member of.

Note: once you connect Gmail to your Slack account from your computer, you'll see the add-on from your mobile device as well.

Connect Gmail to a workspace

  1. From your desktop, open Gmail. 
  2. Click the Slack icon on the right-hand panel. If you don't see the icon, open the side panel by clicking the left arrow icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  3. When prompted, open an email. 
  4. Click Connect to Slack.
  5. Click Allow to grant the add-on access to your Gmail account.

Connect another workspace

If you're a member of more than one Slack workspace or an Enterprise Grid org, you can easily connect additional workspaces.

  1. From your desktop, open Gmail. Then, open an email. 
  2. Click the Slack icon on the right sidebar.
  3. Click Search channels and people.
  4. Click the  arrow icon below Select a workspace.
  5. Select + Add workspace.
  6. Click Add workspace.
  7. Open the drop-down menu in the top right-hand corner and select a workspace.
  8. Click Allow.

 

Step 3: Send emails to Slack

Now that you’re connected, you’re ready to start sending emails to Slack.

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iOS

Android

  1. Open an email, then click the Slack icon in the right-hand sidebar.
  2. Click Search channels and people.
  3. Select a workspace from the drop-down menu.
  4. To send the email to a channel, type the channel name and press Enter.
  5. To send an email to a direct message, start typing the name of a person and select their name.
  6. If you like, add a message and any attachments that you want to include.
  7. Click Send to [name].
  8. Click View to see your email in Slack.

Note: the header and body of an email sent to Slack cannot exceed 1 MB, or 30 MB when combined with attachments. Emails can include up to 20 attachments.

  1. Open the Gmail app, then open an email.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the email, then tap the Slack icon.
  3. Tap Search channels and people.
  4. You’ll see your workspace name below Select a workspace. To switch to another workspace, tap the workspace name and select the one that you want.
  5. Tap Search channels and people to search, or select a channel or person from the list.
  6. If you like, add a message and any attachments that you want to include.
  7. Tap Send to [name].
  8. Tap View to see your email in Slack.

Note: the header and body of an email sent to Slack cannot exceed 1 MB, or 30 MB when combined with attachments. Emails can include up to 20 attachments.

  1. Open the Gmail app, then open an email.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the email, then tap the Slack icon.
  3. Tap Search channels and people.
  4. Select a workspace from the drop-down menu.
  5. Start typing the name of a channel or person, then select it from the drop-down menu.
  6. If you like, add a message and any attachments that you want to include.
  7. Tap Send.
  8. Tap View to see your email in Slack.

Note: the header and body of an email sent to Slack cannot exceed 1 MB, or 30 MB when combined with attachments. Emails can include up to 20 attachments.

Tip: emails in Slack are treated as files and will count towards your workspace's file storage limit.

 

Disconnect Gmail and Slack

The steps to disconnect an add-on differ depending on whether you access Gmail through G Suite or not.

G Suite

Non-G Suite

  1. Go to the G Suite Marketplace.
  2. If prompted, sign in with your Google account.
  3. Click Manage apps.
  4. Find Slack, then select Manage.
  5. Click Remove.
  1. From your desktop, open Gmail. 
  2. Click the  gear icon to open Settings.
  3. Select Add-ons.
  4. Below Installed add-ons, select Manage.
  5. Next to Slack, open the  options menu.
  6. Click on Remove.

Tip: G Suite administrators can remove the add-on for their entire domain from the Marketplace apps section of the Admin console.

Who can use this feature?
  • All members 
  • Free, Standard, Plus and Enterprise Grid subscriptions

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