How to Add People to a Group Conversation in Slack
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Slack group conversations let you chat with multiple people without creating a channel. This guide shows you how to add someone to an existing direct message to turn it into a group conversation, including options for sharing conversation history.
Here's how to add people to a group conversation in Slack
- Click on the name of the person in the conversation header
- Go to 'Add people to this conversation'
- Type the person's name you want to add
- Choose the person from the search results
- Click 'Next' to proceed to conversation history settings
- Choose whether to show conversation history
- Click 'Done' to finalize the group conversation
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Frequently Asked Questions
When adding someone to a group conversation, Slack asks whether to share the conversation history. You can choose to show or hide previous messages from the new member.


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