Hot to update your status in Slack

PURPOSE

You need to update your slack status to provide transparency about your current status and communicate with team members at a glance.

PROCESS

To update your status, click your icon at the bottom left of the Slack app, the following box in the image below will pop up.
Select the box labeled “ : ) Update your status”
In the “What’s your status?” box, you can use one of the prepopulated Mister statuses or enter one of your own with a coordinating emoji.
It will save as shown above in your recently used statuses, under the “Recent” section so you won’t have to rewrite it repeatedly.

HISTORY

Revised Date Revised By Revisions Unknown Unknown Created Document 11/21/2023 Ciera Clapp Branded document and updated formatting 8/14/2024 Andrew Poskey Moved to Fresh 3/13/2025 Andrew Poskey Updated title and content formatting