from:username - Limits your search to messages from a specific person in any channel or direct message.

in:name - Searches your direct messages with a specific user.

in:channelname - Searches only the messages and/or files in a specific channel.

Because channels move so fast, you can use these advanced search commands to pull up exactly what you’re looking for without wasting any time. One of the great things about Slack is that messages and files are easily searchable. From creating to-do lists to customizing your theme, these pro tips are worth showing off to your team. To help, we put together some of the best Slack hacks below. The more we used Slack, the better our discoveries got - GIFs, reminders, files … they were all just a click or two away.īut that’s just the thing: Slack is capable of so much that it’s hard to uncover what features you really should be using. But once we got more comfortable with the platform, we started to realize just how powerful it really is.

Initially, it was hard to get used to uttering phrases like “Just Slack me” or “We were Slacking” in passing.

)Ī couple months ago, the HubSpot team made the switch to Slack (one of the hottest real-time messaging apps on the market). (Note: This post originally appeared on the HubSpot Marketing Blog.

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