You can pause notifications for 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, tomorrow only, or set a custom amount of time. Then, click “Pause notifications” to enter “Do Not Disturb” mode.

To mute Slack notifications, go back to your profile picture on desktop or You tab on mobile. To avoid this annoyance, you can turn off notifications for a specific period of time. Of course, if you’re co-workers either don’t see or just ignore your Slack status and any message you anyway, you may still get a with the notification while on your break. Try out a funny slack status to give your teammates a laugh while you’re away! How to Mute Slack Notifications Your custom slack status can be as vague or specific as you like. This icon will appear in place of the green circle icon next to your profile picture. This Slack custom status image can be selected as one of the emoji icons on Slack. If you input a custom status, you can also choose a Slack custom status image to go with it. You can choose a preset status, such as “In a meeting” or “Vacationing”, or type out your own custom status. From there, the “Set a status” tab will pop-up. Then, click on the “Update your status” bar. To do this, click on your profile picture on desktop or the You tab on mobile. You can also change your status on the Slack app to a more specific away message.

On desktop, the app will set your Slack status to away after 10 minutes of inactivity. On both desktop and mobile, the platform will automatically set your Slack status to away if you have closed the app. Then, you can toggle the “set yourself away” status on or off. If you’re on the mobile app, then click on the You tab at the bottom of your screen. To set your Slack full status back to active, simply click on your profile picture again and click “set status as active”. The circle next to your icon will switch from a green circle to a white circle outline, thus letting your Slack teammates know that you are not currently available.

Slack away message