User groups

User groups allow you to mention multiple users at once. When you mention a user group, everyone in the group is notified as if they were personally mentioned. For example, you may choose to create user groups for teams in your organization.

You can also:

  • Add a user group to another user group. This individually adds all the users in the group.
  • Subscribe a user group to a stream. This individually subscribes all the users in the group.
  • Compose a direct message to a user group. This automatically puts all the users in the group into the addressee field.

Browse and join user groups

  1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.

  2. Select Group settings.

  3. Click All groups in the upper left.

  4. Scroll through the list of user groups. You can use the search box near the top of the menu to filter the list by group name or description.

  5. Click the plus (plus) icon to the left of a user group to join the group.

Leave a group

  1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.

  2. Select Group settings.

  3. Click the checkmark (checkmark) icon to the left of a user group to leave the group.

View a group's card

  1. Click on a user group mention in a message to open the group card.