Manage access to Slackbot for your workspace or Enterprise organisation

Owners and admins can manage access to Slackbot for their Slack workspace or Enterprise organisation.

What to expect

• Business+ and Enterprise Select subscriptions
  Slackbot will start rolling out on 13 January 2026. Once it’s available in your workspace, you can manage access. 
• Enterprise Grid and Enterprise+ subscriptions
  You can manage access to Slackbot until 9 February 2026 to determine who can use the feature once it rolls out. Starting 10 February, Slackbot will be turned on for all members if you don’t adjust permissions beforehand. To start using Slackbot right away, follow the steps below. 

Note: The new version of Slackbot is being rolled out gradually, and org owners and org admins on Enterprise Grid and Enterprise+ subscriptions can manage access before it’s released. 

Manage Slackbot access

Business+ and Enterprise Select

Enterprise Grid and Enterprise+

1. From your desktop, click   Admin in the sidebar. 
2. Select Workspace settings from the menu. 
3. Click   Roles & permissions and select Feature access. 
4. Click AI. 
5. Next to Slackbot, click Edit. 
6. Select Everyone or No one. 
7. Tick the box next to Slackbot can edit and add content to canvases to give Slackbot permission to create and modify canvases. You can also decide which files can be included in Slackbot responses. 

You can set permissions to manage access to Slackbot once it rolls out to your organisation on or after 10 February or enable it immediately once you’ve decided who can use it.

1. From your desktop, click your organisation name in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Tools & settings from the menu, then click Organisation settings. 
3. Click   Roles & permissions and select Feature access. 
4. Click AI. 
5. Next to Slackbot, click Edit and choose who can use it – No one, Only specific people and groups, Everyone except specific people and groups or Everyone. 
6. Tick the box next to Slackbot can edit and add content to canvases to give Slackbot permission to create and modify canvases. You can also decide which files can be included in Slackbot responses. 
7. Click on Save. 
8. To turn Slackbot on immediately, click Yes, enable now. Select No, wait to apply your settings when Slackbot rolls out to your organisation. 

Who can use this feature?

• Workspace owners/admins and org owners/admins
• Available on the new versions of the Business+ and Enterprise+ subscriptions
• Available on the legacy Business+, Enterprise Select, and Enterprise Grid subscriptions with the Slack AI add-on