Do you ever wonder why your coworkers Slack sidebar looks so much better than yours?
Its probably because they organized it.
you might tweak all sorts of prefs in Slack, from how the sidebar behaves to how it looks.
Lets outline these tweaks one at a time.
Thats why you should customize your Slack sidebar to only show what matters.
I recommend that you first set theChannelssection to only show unread channels.
Hover overChannels, poke the three dots to the right, then clickUnread channels only.
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tap the three dots next toChannelsagain, then clickCreate new section.
you might now create a section for your sidebar, complete with an (optional) emoji.
My coworkers have customized this in all sorts of creative ways.
Tweak this until it looks just right for your usage.
choose the name of your organization, at top-left, then clickPreferences.
Now head to theSidebarsection.
The default option, alphabetically, is probably best for most people.
you’re able to also decide here whether private and shared channels show up in their own lists.
it’s possible for you to design literally whatever theme you want using the Custom Theme option.
Theres a bunch of good ones here.
Just find a theme you like, copy the values, then paste them in back in Slack.
Youll have a great-looking Slack in no time.
This article by Justin Pot was originally published on theZapier blogand is republished here with permission.
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