Share sidebar sections in Slack

On a paid Slack subscription, you can organise your sidebar with custom sections. To simplify the onboarding process for new team members, you can share custom sections to make it easier for them to join key channels and organise their sidebar in one step. Additionally, members can modify sections that you’ve shared with them just like any other section in their sidebar, including how channels are shown and sorted.

Share a sidebar section

1. From your desktop, hover over a custom section name and select the
    three-dots icon.
2. Select Share section.
3. Select the people you’d like to share the section with and review the included channels. If you like, add a message to provide context to the people you’re sharing with.
4. Select Share to finish. The people you select will get a direct message with an option to add and customise the section you've shared.

Share sidebar sections with user groups

If you have permission to create and edit user groups, you can share sidebar sections with a new or existing user group. Keep in mind that you can add one custom sidebar section per user group, and members won’t be able to change the default icon to a different emoji.

For a new user group

Pro and Business+ subscriptions

Enterprise subscriptions

1. From your desktop, click   More, then select  People.
   
2. Select   User groups from the sidebar, then click on Create user group in the top right-hand corner.
3. Choose a name and handle for your user group.
4. Select default channels for group members to be added to. 
5. Under Add group channels as a section in Home, click on the toggle, then click on Next.
6. Under Add members, search for and select the members that you want to add.
7. When you’ve finished, click on Create Group.

1. From your desktop, click   More, then select  People.
   
2. Select   User groups from the sidebar, then click on Create user group in the top right-hand corner.
3. Select a workspace for the user group, then choose a name and handle. 
4. Select default channels for group members to be added to. 
5. Under Add group channels as a section in Home, click on the toggle, then click on Next.
6. Under Add members, search for and select the members that you want to add.
7. When you’ve finished, click on Create Group.

Note: You can use the enable_section boolean argument with the usergroups.update or usergroups.create API methods. It isn't possible to assign sidebar sections to IDP groups with the SCIM API.

For an existing user group

1. From your desktop, click   More, then select People.
   
2. Select the User groups in the sidebar. 
3. Click on the user group that you want to manage, then click on the  three dots icon. 
4. Select Edit group details from the menu.
5. Add or review the default channels, then click on the toggle under Add group channels as a section in Home.
6. Click on Save. 

Note: If anyone in a user group organised a default channel into their own customised section before the shared customised section was created, the channel won't be moved to the new shared customised section.

Who can use this feature?

• All members
• Available on paid subscriptions