Manage message activity

Message activity allows you to see how many people have interacted with a given message in Slack. By default, message activity is enabled for your organisation, but owners and admins can choose to disable the feature or manage who has permission to use it.

Note: Message activity is not available for messages in private channels on the Business+ subscription.


Enable or disable message activity

Business+

Enterprise Grid

Workspace owners and workspace admins can enable or disable message activity for their workspace:

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
  3. Click the Permissions tab.
  4. Next to Message activity, click Expand.
  5. Tick or untick the box next to Enable message activity.
  6. Click on Save.

Org owners and org admins can enable or disable message activity for their organisation. They can manage this for both internal channels and Slack Connect channels:

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organisation settings.
  3. Click Settings in the left sidebar, then select Organisation settings.
  4. Next to Message activity for public channels, click Edit.
  5. Make a selection for internal channels or Slack Connect channels, then click Save setting.


Manage permissions for message activity

Business+

Enterprise Grid

When message activity is enabled, only workspace owners and workspace admins can use it. They can choose to grant this permission to certain members as well:

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
  3. Click the Permissions tab.
  4. Next to Message activity, click Expand.
  5. Select who can view message activity.
  6. Click Save.

When message activity is enabled, only org owners and org admins can use it. They can choose to grant this permission to certain members as well:

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organisation settings.
  3. Click Settings in the left sidebar, then select Organisation settings.
  4. Click Edit next to Message activity.
  5. Select who can view message activity.
  6. Click on Save.

Tip: You can also allow members to view message activity by assigning the Message activity manager system role.

Who can use this feature?
  • Workspace owners/admins and org owners/admins
  • Business+ and Enterprise Grid subscriptions