The Ultimate Slack Cheat Sheet

The Slack User Interface

Starred Conversations Message Panel - Displays the
message content for the
Teams Panel - Shows teams you’re currently selected channel /
currently logged in to, and allows group / direct message.
quick-switching between teams
(you’ll only see this if you’re logged
in to more than one team).

Public Channels Flexpane - Can show one of the

following information panels:
Channel Info, Activity, Mentions,
Direct Messages Team, Stars, Search.

Private Groups

Keyboard Shortcuts
Channels Useful “/” Commands
Action Mac Win Action Command
Previous channel Option Alt Toggle your “away” status /away
Next channel Option Alt Close a channel / group / DM /close
Previous unread Option Shift Alt Shift collapse all inline images /collapse
Next unread Option Shift Alt Shift Remove someone from the conversation /kick [username]
Go backward in history ⌘ [ Alt Set the topic for the current channel /topic [text]
Go forward in history ⌘ ] Alt Append a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ to your message /shrug [text]
Mark channel as read Esc Esc
Mark all channels as read Shift Esc Shift Esc Using Multiple Teams
Set message as oldest unread Alt + Click message Alt + Click message With the Slack desktop and mobile apps, you can log into
more than one Slack team at once! To log into another team,
Conversations click the down arrow next to your current team name, and
click Sign in to another team.
Action Mac Win
You can quick-switch between any teams you’re signed into:
New line Shift Return Shift Return
Next team (Mac) ⌘ Shift [
Mention a user (notifies them) @[name] @[name]
Next team (Win) Ctrl Shift [
Mention a group (notifies everyone) @[group_name] @[group_name]
Prev. team (Mac) ⌘ Shift ]
Mention a channel (notifies everyone) @[channel_name] @[channel_name]
Prev. team (Win) Ctrl Shift ]
Add an emoji :[emoji_name] :[emoji_name]
Go to team (Mac) ⌘ + [team member]
Upload a file ⌘ U Ctrl U
Go to team (Win) Ctrl + [team member]
Create a snippet ⌘ Enter Ctrl Shift Enter
Paste clipboard as new snippet Shift ⌘ V Shift Ctrl V On iOS, you can even quick-switch between teams with a
Edit last message (in empty field) (in empty field) 3-finger swipe left or right!

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Tip: Restrict @channel messages Customize Your Team

Although Slack helpfully warns you when posting @channel messag- Add custom loading messages at
es that could wake up (or simply annoy) a lot of people in different [yourteam].slack.com/customize/loading
timezones, you might want to restrict the use of @channel at:
[yourteam].slack.com/admin/settings#messaging_restrictions

Add custom Slackbot responses at

[yourteam].slack.com/customize/slackbot

Advanced Search Upload custom Emoji at [yourteam].slack.com/customize/emoji

Top Integrations
Integrations are modules that you can plug into your slack
community to connect it to other services on the web. Here are
Search specific locations
some “must-have” integrations:
• in:[channel] • in:[group]
• in:[name] • from:[user] / from:me Dropbox / Google Drive If you store your files in either of
Search by message content these services, add the integration to slack to import,
• has:link • has:star export and search your files easily.

Narrow down the time range Hubot is probably the most flexible integration out there
• before:[time] • after:[time] - script your own robot, and integrate it with other
• on:[time] • during[time] services.
(where [time] is a date, year, month, week) Giphy allows you to post animated GIF images to your
channels with a simply /giphy command.
IFTTT is a service that connects web services together.
The Quick Switcher Use it to connect pretty much any popular web service
⌘+K or ⌘+T, CTRL+K out there to your Slack channels.
The Quick Switcher is your best friend,
and your quickest way to move around
Slack conversations.
Advanced Tips
• Link to a message by right-clicking the timestamp - “Copy Link”
Just open the switcher, start typing the
• Get slack to remind you of things: /remind me in [time] to [task]
name of a conversation and hit return.
• Type the hex code of a color (e.g. #0033CC) to display the color
You can search for: next to your message
• Channel name • Use Stars (! ) as a task list - star items to work on, and view your list
• User name in the Stars flex flexpane ( Shift ⌘ S or Shift Ctrl S )
• Private group name • Subscribe to RSS feeds and get updates from your favourite sites
with /feed subscribe [RSS feed address]

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