Pause notifications with do not disturb

If you need time to focus or some time away from work, you can pause your notifications in Slack with do not disturb (DND). Pause notifications as needed to help you to concentrate, and even set a notification schedule for routine times that you'd prefer not to be notified.

How DND works

• All notifications and @mentions will be paused. Once you resume notifications, you can review the messages that you received while in DND.
• Members will see a do not disturb icon next to your name. When sending a direct message, they can override DND to notify you about an urgent message once per day.

Pause notifications

Desktop

Mobile

Turn on DND

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Hover over Pause notifications.
3. Choose a time frame from the menu, or select Customise to set your own.

Turn off or adjust DND

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Hover over Pause notifications.
3. Select Resume notifications, or hover over Adjust time to choose a time frame.

Turn on DND

1. Tap your profile picture.
2. Tap  Pause notifications.
3. Select a timeframe from the list, or tap Custom to set your own.

Turn off or adjust DND

1. Tap your profile picture.
2. Tap  Pause notifications.
3. Tap Resume notifications or choose a new time frame.

Tip: When you set your status to the default On holiday suggestion from your desktop, DND will turn on. You'll automatically start getting notifications again once you’ve cleared your status or after a period of six weeks.

Set a notification schedule

For the times that you're routinely offline, you can set a notification schedule. With a schedule in place, you'll only receive notifications during certain hours on days that you choose. Outside of those times, notifications will be paused.

Desktop

Mobile

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Hover over Pause notifications, then select Set a notification schedule from the menu.
3. Below Allow notifications, open the drop-down menu and select an option: Every day, Weekdays or Customise.
4. Choose a start and end time for notifications. Your settings will automatically save, so click on the  close icon when you’ve finished. 

1. Tap your profile picture.
2. Tap Notifications. 
3. Tap Notification schedule. 
4. Tap Allow notifications at the top of the screen and select an option: Every day, Weekdays or Customise.
5. Choose a start and end time for notifications. For Every day or Weekdays, tap Start or End to choose when you'll receive notifications on those days. For Customise, tap any day, then select your Start and End times. 

Note: If a workspace owner or admin has set a default Do Not Disturb schedule for your workspace or Enterprise Grid organisation, the schedule that you set will override any default settings. 

DND shortcuts and commands

Short on time? Use a slash command to quickly turn DND on or off. View the examples below to learn how to pause and resume notifications.

Action	/dnd example
Pause notifications for a specific amount of time	/dnd for 15 mins /dnd 15 minutes
Pause notifications until a specific time	/dnd until 17:00 /dnd until 17:00
Pause notifications until a time of day	/dnd until tonight /dnd until tomorrow morning
Resume notifications	/dnd off

Who can use this feature?

• All members
• Available on all subscriptions