How to Customize Your Slack Notifications: The Ultimate Guide
When it comes to workplace communications, Slack is definitely one of the most popular systems, and for a good reason. It’s simple, intuitive, and extremely versatile, making it great for teams both large and small. If you’re new to the world of Slack and need to get your notifications in order, then this is the post for you.
How to Access Your Notification Settings in Slack
To begin customizing yourSlacknotifications, you first need to find them in your Slack Settings. Here’s how to find your notification settings in Slack.
Now you know where to find your Slack notification settings, it’s time to start customizing them.
How to Set a Notification Schedule on Slack
A notification schedule allows you to control when you’re sent notifications by Slack. While it may be acommon Slack etiquette tipto be mindful of people working in different time zones, this doesn’t always happen. If your team is active across multiple time zones, but you don’t want to be pinged in the middle of the night, then a notification schedule is a good safety net.
To set a notification schedule in Slack, here’s what to do:
You can choose to see notifications daily, only on weekdays, or on specific days of your choosing. You can also set your working hours to make sure you’re not getting notifications after you’ve clocked off. A notification schedule is also a great way to maintain a healthy work-life balance if you’re trying tobalance a full-time job and a side hustle. No more notifications in the middle of a work meeting!
How to Receive Keyword Notifications on Slack
Keyword notifications can be extremely handy if you work in a large team and often find yourself scrolling through pages of conversations trying to find the bits relevant to you. They can also act as an alert system and help you find potential problems before they manifest into something more significant.
To set up keyword notifications in Slack, here’s what to do:
With keyword notifications set up in your Slack, you’ll see a number notification next to any channel when someone uses one of your keywords.
How to Set Up Channel-Specific Notifications on Slack
If you’re in a lot of different Slack channels, then you may want to play with your channel-specific notification options. Channel-specific notification settings allow you to mute busy channels or tailor whether you receive notifications for mentions or all new messages.
Here’s how to change the notifications for a specific channel in Slack.
Channel-specific notification changes will show up at the bottom of your main Notification settings page and can be quickly cleared by clicking the cross in each box.
How to Turn Off All Slack Notifications
If you’re going on vacation, then you may want to turn your Slack notifications off altogether. There are three ways to turn off notifications in Slack. The first is to pause them, the second is to turn them off indefinitely within your notifications settings, and lastly, you may mute specific Slack channels.
Pausing Slack Notifications
Pausing your Slack notifications can come in handy if you want to mute all notifications for a set period of time, whether that be 30 minutes or a week.
To pause your Slack notifications, here’s what to do:
Notifications will automatically resume at your chosen time or on whichever date you choose.
Turning off Slack Notifications Indefinitely
If you never want to receive a notification from Slack, then you need to turn them off in your settings. The process for turning off your Slack notifications indefinitely is a little different; here’s what to do:
While having all notifications enabled may be overwhelming, Mentions in Slack are much easier to handle. Find outhow to use Mentions in Slack.
Muting Specific Slack Channels
Finally, you can also mute specific Slack channels. Muting a channel will disable its notifications, while allowing you to receive notifications from other Slack channels. This can be handy if a channel is causing you a lot of distractions.
While we aren’t going into it here, you can alsomute specific DM’s by right-clickingthe person’s name in your DM list and then clickingMute conversation.
Ensuring Your Slack Notifications Work for You
Notifications can feel like a blessing and a curse. While they keep us informed, they can also make it hard to switch off. The key to fixing your relationship with Slack notifications is to verify you set them up in a way that works for you.
Too much chatter in one channel? Mute it. Need to know when someone needs help? Set up a keyword notification. Tired of getting notified in the middle of the night? Set up a custom schedule. Slack has made it easy to customize your notifications, and it’s well worth doing.
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