Slack hider

Hide your slacks to focus and get in the flow. Unhide them whenever you're ready.

What is Slack hider?

Slack hider is a Chrome extension that allows users to hide their slack messages on the web app, enabling them to focus and engage in deep work. The messages can be easily unhidden when needed.

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By: Matt Thurmond (Digital Detox NYC)

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Users: 15 ▼ -3

Rating: 5.00 (2)

Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2023-10-02)

Creation date: 2021-01-12

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Size: 54.93K

Email: ma*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 103952 ▼ 4600

Other rankings

#6371 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 29 #207 in messages keyword 18 ▲ 10 #216 in inbox keyword 26 ▲ 10 #234 in message keyword 18 ▲ 12

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UPDATE: In September of 2023 Slack updated their UI, so I updated this extension so it works with their new UI.

If you see any issues, please file them in the github repository below and I will look into them. Thanks!

Now you can hide your slack messages when using the web app. This lets you get in the flow and do more deep work.

After you open the slack web app, click the "Hide messages" button to hide your messages. You'll still be able to search slack and use it as a reference, just without all the messages appearing in the left sidebar.

When you're ready to view your messages, just click "Show messages".

This extension only works for the web app. It doesn't work for the desktop app.

View the code on github: https://github.com/mthurmond/slack-hider