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

Slack Connect allows members of your organisation to work with people from external organisations 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 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 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 your workspace name in the sidebar.
  2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click 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