Hit the smiley faceįirst things first, you can only add new emoji to Slack on desktop. Plus, workspace admins can restrict permissions for adding custom emoji to Slack, so your gleeful plans for fun online work banter might be already foiled if your boss has turned this option off.īut if you're able to add, hooray! There are two ways to add, and I'll start with the easiest. So, you want to add your own custom emoji to Slack? Before you start, it's important to know your custom emoji will be available to everyone in your workspace, so be mindful of what you're adding.

Where it might be slightly inappropriate to drop emoji in say, a formal email, in Slack it's all systems go. Slack allows you to add your own emoji to a workspace, ready to spruce up daily reports, celebrate wins, and add some high-drama reaction flair to general chats on the platform. Workplace banter on Slack truly levels up with emoji, particularly if they're little icons only your workplace uses, but especially if they're dancing party parrots.

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