
Nobody wants to Slack when they're actually slacking on vacation, am I right? Note: As well as being able to choose a few hours, days, or a week, you can also select your own date and time.

Choose how long you want the status to last Beneath the input box, you'll see the "Clear after" functionģ. Setting the time window is also super easy:Ģ. When the time runs out, your status will automatically disappear too. Luckily, Slack has a feature where you can set up a specific timeframe. Vacation brain often gets the best of us and we might forget to disable the status after returning. Your custom emojis will be right there waiting! If you've added custom emojis to your Slack with us, you can also use it next to your status.Ĥ. Click the emoticon to the left to select a matching emoji Type whatever you want into the text boxĥ. Note: You can change and set your preset statuses by clicking Edit suggestions for. Under Set a status, select one of the suggested statuses (eg. Launch Shiftand open your Slack workplaceĤ.

Setting up your Slack statusĪs well as the ability to customize your own statuses, Slack already has several popularly used presets for you to use.ġ. Note: Status messages have to be set to each workspace if you're operating on multiple Slack workplaces at once with Shift. Slack status is a customizable message that lets your team know what you're up to. Slackgives us a couple of options to share where you are, how you are, why you are where you are, and so on.

Otherwise, that's just one more thing you have to do when you don't have the time to. When your work is getting on top of you, it's easier to let everyone know via a status than individual messages. Busy? On vacation? Let your teammates know that you're occupied with a simple Slackstatus.
