Add display name guidelines
Members can use display names to have teammates @mention them in Slack by their first names or nicknames. As an Owner of a Workspace or Enterprise Grid org, you can add guidelines for members to follow when setting their display names.
Set custom display name guidelines
Free, Standard and Plus subscriptions
Enterprise Grid subscription
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Administration, then Workspace settings.
- Click Settings.
- Next to Display name guidelines, click Expand.
- Select Custom guidelines and enter your instructions for members.
- Click Save.
Workspace level
For their individual workspace, workspace owners and admins can set display name guidelines:
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Administration, then Workspace settings.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Next to Display name guidelines, click Expand.
- Select Custom guidelines and enter your instructions for members.
- Click Save.
Organisation level
For all workspaces in their organisation, Org Owners and Admins can set a policy with display name guidelines:
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Administration, then Organisation settings.
- Click Settings in the left-side menu.
- Select Organisation Policies.
- Next to Display name guidelines, then Add policy.
- Select Custom guidelines and enter your instructions for members.
- Click Save policy.
- Workspace Owners and Org Owners
- Free, Standard, Plus and Enterprise Grid subscriptions
Members can use display names to have teammates @mention them in Slack by their first names or nicknames. As an owner of a workspace or Enterprise Grid organisation, you can add guidelines for members to follow when setting their display names.
Set custom display name guidelines
Free, Standard and Plus subscriptions
Enterprise Grid subscription
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Next to Display name guidelines, click Expand.
- Select Custom guidelines and enter your instructions for members.
- Click Save.
Workspace level
Workspace owners and admins can set display name guidelines for their workspace(s):
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Next to Display name guidelines, click Expand.
- Select Custom guidelines and enter your instructions for members.
- Click Save.
Organization level
Org owners and admins can set an organisation policy with display name guidelines for all workspaces in their org:
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Organisation settings.
- Click Settings in the left column.
- Select Organisation Policies.
- Click Display name guidelines, then Add policy.
- Select Custom guidelines and enter your instructions for members.
- Click Save policy. Then, click Create policy to confirm.
- Workspace Owners and Org Owners
- Free, Standard, Plus and Enterprise Grid subscriptions