As work changes over time, you can organise conversations in ways that work for you. Star channels and direct messages (DMs) or, if you use Slack on a paid subscription, create custom sections within your sidebar. Watch the video below to learn more.
Try it: Star an important conversation such as the DM with your manager, or create a team section and add your team’s channel and DMs.
Keep up with work that’s relevant to you
You can configure your notifications and leave conversations to help you keep up with work that's most relevant to you.
Customise your notifications
Leave a channel
Watch the video below to learn about Slack notifications and how to customise them.
If you join a channel to ask a question, you can leave the channel after you get the information that you're looking for.
Remind yourself about important messages
If you're worried about forgetting important messages, you can put your mind at ease by setting reminders for yourself in Slack. Set a reminder so that you’ll be notified about a message later.
Try it: To set a reminder, hover over a message and click the three dots icon, then select Remind me about this.
As work changes over time, you can organise conversations in ways that work for you. Star channels and direct messages (DMs) or, if you use Slack on a paid subscription, create custom sections within your sidebar.
Try it: Open a channel or DM and click its name in the conversation header, then click the star icon to add the conversation to the starred section of your sidebar.
Keep up with work that’s relevant to you
You can configure your notifications and leave conversations to help you keep up with work that's most relevant to you.
Customise your notifications
Leave a channel
Choose what you’re notified about, set up keyword notifications and more from your notification preferences.
If you join a channel to ask a question, you can leave the channel after you get the information that you're looking for.
Try it: Open a channel and click its name in the conversation header, then click Leave channel. Join the channel again if you need to.
Remind yourself about important messages
If you're worried about forgetting important messages, you can put your mind at ease by setting reminders for yourself in Slack. Set a reminder so that you’ll be notified about a message later.
Try it: To set a reminder, hover over a message and click the three dots icon, then select Remind me about this.
