Manage notifications for specific channels and direct messages

Notifications in Slack are designed to keep you informed, whether you’re at your desk or on the go. To get notifications about the things that you care about the most, you can set notification preferences for specific channels and direct messages (DMs) with three or more people. 

Configure conversation-specific notifications

You can choose to be notified about all new posts or just mentions in channels and group DMs. To turn off notifications for a conversation entirely, you can mute it.

Desktop

Mobile

1. Open a channel or group DM.
2. Click the   Notifications icon at the top of the conversation and select   All new posts or   Just mentions. 

1. From a channel or group DM, tap the conversation name.
2. Tap   Settings & details.
3. Tap Notifications. 
4. Choose your preference for the conversation.

Set additional conversation-specific notification preferences

If you’d like, you can choose from the following options to further customise notifications for certain channels or DMs: 

• Desktop notifications
  See a banner on your desktop when you get a notification. 
• Mobile notifications
  See a banner on your mobile device when you get a notification.
• Get different notifications on mobile 
  Choose a different notification option for mobile. 
• Badge every unread message
  Show a badge in your sidebar for every new message. 
• Follow every thread
  Get notified about every new thread and any replies. 

Desktop

Mobile

1. Open a channel or group DM.
2. Click the   Notifications icon at the top of the conversation and select   Advanced options. 
3. Click the toggle next to the settings that you'd like to change.  

1. From a channel or group DM, tap the conversation name. 
2. Tap   Settings & details. 
3. Tap Notifications. 
4. Tap the toggle next to the settings that you'd like to change. 

Review conversation-specific notifications

You can view a list of channels and group DMs with conversation-specific notification settings (including muted conversations) from your preferences.

Desktop

Mobile

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Preferences from the menu.
3. Scroll down to Exceptions to the defaults.
4. Click the   megaphone,   mention or   mute icon to adjust the notification settings for a conversation, or click the   close icon to reset notifications back to the default setting. 

1. Tap your profile picture at the top of the screen, then tap
      Notifications.
2. Below Exceptions to the defaults, tap Channels or Direct messages.
3. Tap a conversation to adjust the settings.