Slack keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts for the Slack desktop app, covering navigation, messaging, and text formatting. Updated July 2026.
Navigation
- Open the quick switcher to jump to a conversation⌘+K
- Open the All Unreads view⌘+⇧+A
- Open the Threads view⌘+⇧+T
- Open the Direct Messages view⌘+⇧+K
- Open the Mentions and Reactions view⌘+⇧+M
- Move to the previous channel or DM in the sidebar⌥+↑
- Move to the next channel or DM in the sidebar⌥+↓
- Jump to the previous unread channel or DM⌥+⇧+↑
- Jump to the next unread channel or DM⌥+⇧+↓
- Go back to the previous conversation in history⌘+[
- Go forward in conversation history⌘+]
- Switch to workspace 1⌘+1