Shortcuts in Slack help you get work done quickly and easily. Open the attachments and shortcuts menu by clicking on the  plus icon to the left of the message field in Slack on your desktop. From the menu, search for a specific action, such as setting your status, to find built-in Slack shortcuts, or browse the menu to see what’s available.

What to expect

• When you open the shortcuts menu from a channel or direct message (DM), you may see actions specific to that conversation, like the option to add someone to the channel or start a Slack call.
• Click on Browse all shortcuts in the menu to view all app shortcuts and slash commands offered by apps in your workspace.
• If you use Slack Connect to work in channels with other companies, only members of your organisation can use app shortcuts and slash commands associated with apps installed to your workspace.

Tip: If your workspace is on a paid subscription, any workflows added to a channel will be visible at the top of the shortcuts menu when you open it from that channel.

Use shortcuts and slash commands

 

Built-in Slack shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Add someone to a channel	Invite someone to this channel
Archive the current channel*	Archive this channel
Browse channels in your workspace**	Browse channels
Browse files in your workspace	Browse files
Create a code or text snippet**	Create a text snippet
Create a new channel*	Create a channel
Create a new post**	Create a post
Create a workflow with Workflow Builder***	Create a workflow
Edit the current channel’s description	Edit this channel’s description
Find people in your workspace	Browse people and user groups
Leave the current channel	Leave this channel
Manage notifications for a channel or DM	Change this [channel’s/group DM’s] notifications
Mute or unmute a conversation	[Mute/unmute] this [channel/DM]
Open Workflow Builder**	Open Workflow Builder
Remove someone from the current channel*	Remove someone from this [channel/DM/group DM]
Rename the current channel*	Rename this channel
Send a new message with the compose button	Send a new message
Send feedback or a help request to the Slack customer experience team	Send feedback to Slack
Set a reminder for yourself	Set yourself a reminder
Set the current channel topic	Edit this channel’s topic
Set your status to away or active	Set yourself as [away/active]
Start a Slack call	Start a call in this [channel/DM/group DM]
Turn dark mode on or off**	Toggle dark mode
Turn do not disturb (DND) on or off	[Pause/resume] all your notifications
View your DMs**	View all of your DMs
View your downloaded files and images**	View all of your downloads
View your draft messages**	View all your drafts
View your mentions and reactions**	View all of your mentions and reactions
View your saved items	View all of your saved items
View Slack keyboard shortcuts	View keyboard shortcuts

*May be restricted to owners and admins

**Not available on the Slack mobile apps

***Only available on paid subscriptions

App shortcuts and slash commands

Some Slack apps include shortcuts that you can use to take actions in another service right from your workspace, while other apps rely on slash commands. You can access slash commands by searching for them in the attachments and shortcuts menu, or use your keyboard to type a / forward slash and the text of the command that you want to use.