Flag content in Slack

If you believe certain content in Slack should be seen by your admins, you can flag a message or another member's profile content for review. The content that you flag will be sent to designated admins, assigned by your org owners, to moderate your Enterprise organisation.

Flag content

Flag messages

If your admins have enabled content flagging, you can flag messages for review:

Desktop

Mobile

1. Hover over the content that you’d like to report.
2. Click the   three dots icon, then select Flag content.
3. Enter a reason for flagging the content, then click Submit.
4. Click Submit.

1. Tap and hold the message with the content that you’d like to report.
2. Select Flag this message.
3. Enter a reason for flagging the content, then tap Submit.
4. Tap Submit.

You’ll receive a Slackbot message to confirm your submission, and the content will be sent to your admins to review and remove, if necessary.

Flag profile content

When flagging profile content, you can specify whether the profile photo, status, full name or display name needs to be reviewed. Here’s how:

Desktop

Mobile

1. Click a member’s name to open their profile.
2. Click the  three dots icon, then select Flag profile content.
3. Click the drop-down menu below What profile content are you flagging, then select which profile fields you’d like to submit for review.
4. Enter a reason for flagging the profile content, then click Submit.
5. Click Submit.

1. Tap a member’s name to open their profile.
2. Tap the   three dots icon in the top right-hand corner of the profile, then select Flag profile content.
3. Tap No fields selected, then tick the boxes next to the profile fields that you’d like to report.
4. Enter a reason for flagging the content, then tap Submit.
5. Tap Submit.

FAQ

Can Slack read the content I flag?

No, Slack isn’t reading your flagged content. The messages that you flag are sent to designated admins in your org for review.

Who reviews the content that I flag?

Your org owners can designate specific people as content admins to review flagged content. These admins can see your name, the flagged content and your reason for flagging the content. If the admin doesn’t have access to the conversation the content is from (for example, a message from a private channel they don’t belong to), they'll only see the content of the flagged message itself.

Will others be notified that I flagged their message?

Your org’s designated admins will see who flagged the content, what was flagged and your reason for flagging. Org owners have the option to enable notifications for content authors to let them know that their content has been removed.

Who can use this feature?

• All members except guests
• Available on Enterprise subscriptions