Custom Startup Messages on Slack

So you’re a team admin or owner and you want to give your team a little bit of inspiration. What about a lovely message when they first boot up Slack?

You may have noticed when you start up Slack you may see an inspirational quote, like this:

You can set your own if you are an admin or owner.

Click on the channel name, then Customise Slack.

This will open up your web browser on a page called Customise Your Workspace. Along the menu at the top you will see an option Loading Messages, click on this. In this screen you have an input box for adding your message. Add whatever you like here. Messages have to be under 150 characters. They also are seen by everyone in the team so be careful what you say. They are also attributed to you.

At the bottom of this page you can also chose an option to just have generic (but I’m sure lovely) messages from the Slack team.