The first time you sign up for Clockwise, you can sync your calendar with Slack as part of the onboarding flow. If you’re not using Clockwise yet, click here to get started for free. If you’re a Clockwise user on G Suite, just click here to give Clockwise permission to easily integrate Slack with Google Calendar. It’s the quickest, easiest way to sync Slack with Google Calendar. To sync your availability to your Slack status automatically based on your calendar, check out Clockwise’s Google Calendar + Slack sync.

How to make Slack update your status automatically based on your calendar Then click on the emoji to select an emoji to replace the current one with a new emoji. To manually update your Slack status and associated emoji, click on your profile picture in the top right corner when the Slack desktop app is open and click into your status field, located right below “Active” or “Away.” Click the pencil. Note: Colleagues in externally shared channels won’t be able to see your status. To see your full status they can click into your profile or hover their mouse over your status emoji on desktop. Your team can see your status emoji next to your name. If you don’t select a custom status emoji, Slack displays a 💬 speech balloon by default. How to set your Slack status emojiĮvery status has an emoji associated with it. To do this, click on your profile picture in the top right corner and click “Set yourself as away” if you’re currently active and “Set yourself as active” if you’re currently away. You can also manually set your Slack status to active or away at any time. After 10 minutes of desktop and mobile inactivity, Slack automatically sets your status to “away.” Set your availability By default, Slack determines whether you’re active or away based on your desktop activity.

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