Inboxes

You’ll start off with two inboxes, Important and Other, but you can create as many as you’d like. All open items appear in exactly one inbox.

Default Inboxes

Every channel has a Default Inbox where messages from that channel will go.

Here’s how you can easily update a channel’s Default Inbox from Other to Important.

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You can also bulk update Default Inboxes from the Rules page.

Bulk-update Default Inboxes

In the bottom-left, click this icon to open the Rules page. Here you can bulk update which #channel messages appear in which inboxes.

Switch between inbox views

There are various ways to switch inbox views:

Press [Tab] to go to the next inbox, and [Shift+Tab] to go to the previous one.
Press [G then 1] to switch to the first inbox, [G then 2] to switchto the second, etc.
Open up the Command Palette [⌘P] and search for an inbox

Create, edit, and delete inboxes

Create a new inbox with the “+ New Inbox” button in the sidebar.

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Edit or delete the inbox by hovering over it in the sidebar, clicking the ellipsis button, and choosing an option.

Notifications and Dock count

You'll be notified of any message that appears in your Important inbox. You can turn notifications on or off for any inbox. Hover over the inbox in the sidebar and click the ellipsis button and toggle “Notifications enabled”.

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🔔 You can change the notification sound on the Settings page.

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The number of items in your Important inbox will show up as a red badge on the Dispatch icon in the Dock.

Pin and un-pin inboxes

Inboxes are pinned by default, which means they show up at the top of your inbox. You can unpin them here.

Reorder inboxes

Click and drag inboxes to reorder them.

How can I change which inbox a message goes to?