Guide to Slack notifications

Notifications in Slack are designed to go along you informed, whether you're at your desk or on the go. Read on to acquire more than about Slack notifications on your desktop and mobile devices and how they work.

Tip: Visit our other manufactures to larn how to configure your notifications and troubleshoot notifications.


How notifications work

Yous'll receive desktop notifications when y'all're using Slack on your computer. When you're abroad from your desk, you'll receive notifications by email or from your Slack mobile app. Here's when you'll receive desktop and mobile notifications by default:

  • Someone sends you a direct message (DM)
  • Someone mentions you, notifies a channel y'all're in, or uses i of your keywords
  • Someone replies to a thread you're following
  • You receive a bulletin from Slackbot

These defaults apply to both desktop and mobile notifications unless you configure your preferences.


Desktop notifications

Whether y'all've downloaded the Slack app for your desktop or apply Slack in a browser, y'all'll receive imprint, sidebar, and badge notifications to let y'all know near unread activity in Slack.

Banner notifications

Banner notifications alarm you lot of new action in Slack, including who sent a message and in which conversation. From your preferences, you lot tin can choose a sound for banner notifications and whether to include a preview of messages.

Slack desktop app banner notification

Sidebar notifications

When at that place'south unread activity in a conversation, the chat proper name will announced bold in your sidebar. You'll likewise see a numbered badge if someone mentions you lot. When you open the chat, the mention will exist highlighted in the bulletin then that you can easily see what needs your attention.

Slack sidebar with a badge notification showing next to a channel

Badge notifications

Y'all'll receive badge notifications on the Slack icon when you lot take unread activity. The advent and placement of these notifications vary past operating system:

Mac

Windows

Linux

By default, any unread activity will display a red badge on the Slack icon.

  • A dot ways you have unread activeness in one of your Slack workspaces.
  • 3 A number ways someone sent yous a direct message, mentioned you, notified a aqueduct yous're in, or used one of your keywords.

On Windows, yous'll see bluecoat notifications in ii places: in your taskbar and in your notifications area.

Taskbar

In your taskbar, aruby-red badge means someone sent you a direct message, mentioned you, or used ane of your keywords. If your taskbar is set to small taskbar buttons, badges on the Slack icon volition not be visible.

Notifications expanse

When Slack is running, you'll see a Slack icon in your notifications expanse.

Windows_notification_tray_blue_badge.png Ablue badge means you have unread activity in one of your workspaces.
Windows_notification_tray_red_badge.png

A scarlet bluecoat ways a teammate sent y'all a direct message, mentioned you lot, or used i of your keywords.

On Linux, you'll meet bluecoat notifications in your notifications area when the Slack app is running.

Windows_notification_tray_blue_badge.png Abluish badge means you have unread activeness in one of your workspaces.
Windows_notification_tray_red_badge.png

A red bluecoat means a teammate sent you lot a direct bulletin, mentioned you, or used ane of your keywords.


Mobile notifications

To receive notifications on your mobile device, download the Slack app for your smartphone or tablet and sign in to your workspace. Here's what you need to know:

  • You'll receive mobile notifications when yous're inactive on your desktop.
  • When there'southward unread activity, yous'll see a badge on the Slack app icon.
  • You can adapt your preferences to receive mobile notifications as soon as a message is sent, as shortly as you're inactive, or afterward an additional delay.

Note: Conversations with unread action volition appear bold at the top of the channel list in the Abode tab of your Slack mobile app.


Email notifications

By default, you lot'll receive email notifications when you join a Slack workspace and oasis't enabled mobile notifications. Y'all can receive e-mail notifications to alert you of mentions and DMs when y'all're not active in Slack. These notifications are arranged and sent once every xv minutes or once an hr, depending on your preferences.

Tip: Y'all can reply to a Slack message from any email notification.