Slack administration: Manage workflows in Slack

Org owners and admins on Enterprise Grid and workspace owners on Pro and Business+ can view and manage published workflows from the workflow dashboard. 

Tip: If you can’t see the workflow you’re looking for on the dashboard, you can view it in Workflow Builder instead


View workflows

Open the workflow dashboard to see a list of published workflows in your workspace or organisation, along with additional information like the type of workflow, who can manage the workflow, who can use the workflow, and more.

Pro and Business+ subscriptions

Enterprise Grid subscription

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows to open the Slack App Directory.
  3. Click Published workflows.
  1. From your desktop, click your organisation name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows.
  3. From the left sidebar, select Published workflows.

Tip: If your workspace or Enterprise Grid organisation uses Slack Sales Elevate, you can also view and manage workflows built with Sales Elevate steps from the workflow dashboard. 


Add yourself as a workflow manager

To change a workflow’s steps or adjust it’s permissions, you’ll need to add yourself as a workflow manager. Once you’re a workflow manager, you can edit the workflow in Workflow Builder.

Pro and Business+ subscriptions

Enterprise Grid subscription

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows to open the Slack App Directory.
  3. Click the   three dots icon next to the workflow you’d like to manage, then select Join as a manager.
  1. From your desktop, click your organisation name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows.
  3. Click the   three dots icon next to the workflow you’d like to manage, then select Join as a manager.


Unpublish a workflow

To make a workflow unavailable for members to use, you can unpublish it. If you plan to make a large amount of updates to a workflow, we recommend unpublishing it and re-publishing it once the changes are complete.

Pro and Business+ subscriptions

Enterprise Grid subscription

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows to open the Slack App Directory.
  3. Click the   three dots icon next to the workflow you’d like to manage, then select Unpublish workflow.
  1. From your desktop, click your organisation name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows.
  3. Click the   three dots icon next to the workflow that you’d like to manage, then select Unpublish workflow.

Tip: To manage workflows in bulk, use the tick boxes next to the workflows, then select Join as a manager or Unpublish.


Download a list of your workflows

To download a list of your published workflows, you can generate a .CSV.

Pro and Business+ subscriptions

Enterprise Grid subscription

  1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows to open the Slack App Directory.
  3. Click Export CSV. When your CSV is ready, you’ll receive a Slackbot message containing the file.
  1. From your desktop, click your organisation name in the sidebar.
  2. Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage workflows.
  3. Click Export CSV. When your CSV is ready, you’ll receive a Slackbot message containing the file.
Who can use this feature?
  • Workspace owners/admins (Pro and Business+ plans) and org owners/admins (Enterprise Grid subscription)
  • Available on paid subscriptions