Let your team know if you’re available

 What you’ll learn in two minutes or less: How to set your status in Slack to let teammates know when you’re available or unable to respond.

You can easily share your whereabouts and availability in Slack. So if you’re in a meeting or going on holiday, you can set your status to let others know that you won’t see messages until later or when you’re back.

Go for it!

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
2. Select Update your status and enter a status. You can choose an emoji and when your status will clear.
3. Click on Save.

Note: Slack also shows your availability automatically when you’ve been inactive for a period of time. You can set yourself to active or away manually at any time.

Learn more: Visit our article on setting your Slack status and availability.