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Copper Contributor

Aug 14, 2019

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Any way to @mention a channel from a private message?

Both people would need to be members of the team containing the channel. Coping and getting the long channel link is not a great solution. Example below Thanks for the help. PRIVATE MESSA...

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systemsmaven
Aug 14, 2019
clkoontz3

You can get a link to a channel or conversation and then paste that into your private message. (Just click the ... next to the channel or conversation for the link)

You can't @mention and channel in a private chat. The @mention is more to send an alert to the user/team/channel that you need them to look at a message or document. It's not for creating links.

systemsmaven

Iron Contributor

Aug 14, 2019

clkoontz3

You can get a link to a channel or conversation and then paste that into your private message. (Just click the ... next to the channel or conversation for the link)

You can't @mention and channel in a private chat. The @mention is more to send an alert to the user/team/channel that you need them to look at a message or document. It's not for creating links.

clkoontz3
Copper Contributor
Aug 14, 2019
systemsmaven

Thanks, makes perfect sense. I guess what I'm really after is the Slack #channelname link system. Being able to quickly reference the Channel vs going and getting then pasting a really long link.

Thanks for the response!