You could add emoji for specific projects, team names, products, or codenames for things you're working on. Or, use it to add reactions to a message hover over a message, click the smiley button, and choose your new emoji.Ĭustom emoji are a great way to build new workflows in Slack, too. Now, whenever you want use your emoji, type :your_emoji_name: in any channel or direct message in Slack to share your emoji. Finally, add a name for your emoji-Slack will automatically include a colon before and after the name-and save it. Square images with transparent backgrounds are best, and GIFs make for fun animated emoji. Upload an image-any images work, as long as they're under 128kb in size. There you can search through all the emoji your team has already added. To add new emoji, open your Slack app, click your account name in the top left corner, then select Customize Slack (or, if you're signed into Slack in your browser, just go directly to /customize/emoji.

That's easy to do since Slack can turn any image file into a Slack Emoji. Slack includes every emoji that comes with your computer by default-but the most fun way to customize your Slack workspace is by adding new emoji that reflect your team's inside jokes and personality.

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