Record audio and video clips in Slack
Who can use this feature?
- All members and guests
- Available on paid subscriptions
Record audio and video clips in Slack to communicate easily with your team, regardless of their time zone or location. You can use clips to share ideas and updates, or just say hello. Anyone in a channel or direct message (DM) can play clips, and reply in thread with a clip of their own.
What to expect
- You can record clips up to five minutes long from Slack on desktop or mobile, and share your screen while recording video clips from the Slack desktop app or Slack in a browser.
- Anyone watching a video clip can turn on captions if they like, and all clips are automatically transcribed. To read a transcript, click on the three lines icon on any clip.
- Clips follow the same retention policy as other messages in Slack. If you have permission to delete messages, you’ll be able to delete clips that you’ve recorded.
Record a clip
Desktop
Browser
iOS
Android
Record a video clip
- From a channel or DM, click on the camera icon in the message field.
- Select a screen to share, if you like. You can also start sharing once you’re recording, and stop sharing at any time.
- To select a different camera or microphone, click on Settings.
- Click on Record. When you’ve finished, click on Stop recording. To re-record, select Retry.
- Click on Next and add a message, if you like.
- Click on the paper plane icon to send your clip.
Tip: It’s not currently possible to choose a thumbnail for video clips, so make sure that you smile when the pre-recording countdown gets to 1!
Record an audio clip
- From a channel or DM, click on the microphone icon in the message field. Slack will start recording automatically.
- When you’ve finished, click on the tick button to stop recording.
- Add a message if you like, and then click on the paper plane icon to send your clip.
Record a video clip
- From a channel or DM, click on the camera icon in the message field.
- If you like, click on Share screen and choose a screen, window or browser tab to share. You can also start sharing once you’re recording, and stop sharing at any time.
- To select a different camera or microphone, click on Settings.
- Click on Record. When you’re finished, click on Stop recording. To re-record, select Retry.
- Click on Next and add a message, if you like.
- Click on the paper plane icon to send your clip.
Tip: It’s not currently possible to choose a thumbnail for video clips, so make sure that you smile when the pre-recording countdown gets to 1!
Record an audio clip
- From a channel or DM, click on the microphone icon in the message field. Slack will start recording automatically.
- When you’ve finished, click on the tick button to stop recording.
- Add a message if you like, and then click on the paper plane icon to send your clip.
- Open a channel or DM and tap the message field.
- To record a video clip, tap the camera icon and select Video, then tap the Record button. When you’ve finished, tap the Record button again. Then, tap Use video.
- To record an audio clip, tap and hold the microphone icon.
- Add a message if you like, and then tap the paper plane icon to send your clip.
- Open a channel or DM and tap the message field.
- To record a video clip, tap the camera icon, then tap the video camera icon. Tap the Record button. When you’ve finished, tap the Record button again, then tap Attach.
- To record an audio clip, tap and hold the microphone icon.
- Add a message if you like, and then tap the paper plane icon to send your clip.
Play a clip
Anyone can watch or listen to audio and video clips in channels or DMs. Here’s how:
Desktop
iOS
Android
- Press the play button on a clip. For any clip, select 1x to adjust the playback speed.
- For video clips, click on the closed caption icon to turn captions on or off.
- To play a video clip, tap the video. To play audio, tap the play button.
- For any clip, tap 1x to adjust the playback speed. For video clips, tap the closed caption icon to turn captions on or off.
- To play a video clip, tap the video. To play audio, tap the play button.
- For any clip, tap 1x to adjust the playback speed. For video clips, tap the closed caption icon to turn captions on or off.
Delete a clip
If you have permission to edit or delete messages, you can delete clips that you’ve recorded.
Desktop
iOS
Android
- Hover over a clip and click on the three dots icon.
- Click on Delete clip.
- Click on Yes, delete this clip.
Delete a video clip
- Tap the clip, then tap the three dots icon.
- Tap Delete.
- Tap Yes, delete clip.
Delete an audio clip
- Tap and hold the clip.
- Tap Delete, then tap Yes, delete clip.
Delete a video clip
- Tap the clip, then tap the three dots icon.
- Tap Delete.
- Tap Delete again.
Delete an audio clip
- Tap and hold the clip.
- Tap Delete, then tap Delete again.