Slack Connect: Manage who can join channels owned by other organisations

Slack Connect enables members of your organisation to work with partners, vendors and other third parties in the same channel. You can decide who from your organisation is allowed to receive invitations to join another organisation’s channel.


Manage who can receive invitations

Pro and Business+ subscriptions

Enterprise Grid subscription

  1. From your desktop, click on your workspace name in the top left.
  2. Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Workspace settings.
  3. Click the Permissions tab.
  4. Next to Slack Connect channels, click Expand.
  5. Next to Joining channels outside [your organization], click the toggle off or on. If on, select who from your organisation can receive these invitations.
  6. Click on Save.
  1. From your desktop, click on your workspace name in the top left.
  2. Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click on Organisation settings.
  3. Click  Slack Connect in the left sidebar, then select Settings.
  4. Next to Channels, click Edit.
  5. Next to Joining channels outside [your organization], click the toggle off or on. If on, select who from your organisation can receive these invitations.
  6. Click on Save.
Who can use this feature?
  • Workspace owners (Pro and Business+)
    Org owners and org admins (Enterprise Grid)
  • Available on paid subscriptions