
From the drop-down menu, select Kind, then Application. The ability to disable this repository or update Slack using other steps will depend on your operating system’s environment.Ĭommon issues include seeing an error message when checking for desktop app updates, or the desktop app continuing to run on an older version of Slack after you've tried to update.
Some devices may be configured to use a repository for the Slack app, so when your computer updates, Slack will update too. The steps to check for Slack desktop app updates vary across Linux devices.
If there are available updates for Slack, click Get updates. Open the Microsoft Store on your computer. Click Help or the ☰ three lines icon in the top left of the Slack app. If there are available updates for Slack under Pending, click Update. You can click the help icon then click the update card and select Restart Slack to update the app. Tip: When an update is available, the help icon in Slack will be badged. Click Check for Updates, then click Restart to Apply Update. Click Slack in your computer’s menu bar. Lights out!ĭefinitely not too shabby of an update if you've been hitting any of the snags mentioned above. If you're the last member leaving a channel, you can now archive it. We now tell you if it went wrong rather than just let it disappear silently. Uploading with a bad connection can be difficult. The bar saying you have unreads is now a lot more reliable. If you are about to start a new conversation with someone, but really just want to create a private channel instead, we now allow you to do so again. We'll no longer make channels unread just because someone leaves or joins them, because it didn't make any sense. We now allow you to do all the fun things. Users with owner rights didn't always get the VIP treatment they deserved. Creating new channels without internet connection is still not possible, but at least we now let you know that. If you want to send a direct message from someone's profile it now only takes one tap. While we like tapping, we don't like tapping twice. Sometimes the key Slack feature of simply mentioning users could lead to the app crashing - no more, thank jiggins. Attachments having dates sometimes led to the app crashing. Here's a look at what's new in Slack beta version 2016.1212.0.0 for Windows Phone: