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How to Create a Channel and Section in Slack: Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to create a new channel and section in Slack with this easy step-by-step guide. Discover how to add members, manage tabs, and organize your workspace efficiently.

By Kenneth McKim

In this guide, we'll learn how to create a new channel in Slack and organize it within an existing section. This process helps you manage conversations and add members to specific channels for better collaboration.

We'll also look at how to view channel details and add files or tabs to your new channel.

Let's get started

This is a test to see how Glitter AI works when creating something. We will create a new test channel section within the section we have already made. First, highlight the three dots. Then select Create, and choose Create a channel.

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Click the three dots here
Step #1: Click the three dots here
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Click on "Create channel"
Step #2: Click on "Create channel"

We will call this "Test Channel 2." Click Next.

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Click here
Step #3: Click here

By default, all of these will be public channels.

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Click on "Create"
Step #4: Click on "Create"

Add people to Test Channel 2. We can do that later. We'll select Skip For Now.

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Click on "Skip for now"
Step #5: Click on "Skip for now"

Then hover your mouse over Test Channel 2, right-click, and select View Channel Details.

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Right-click here
Step #6: Right-click here
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Click on "View channel details"
Step #7: Click on "View channel details"
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As an example of things you can to in this view, you can add tabs to the top of the channel. This allows you to categorize separate areas for different kinds of information you want to share with channel members.
Step #8: As an example of things you can to in this view, you can add tabs to the top of the channel. This allows you to categorize separate areas for different kinds of information you want to share with channel members.

The most important thing is Members.

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Click on "Members"
Step #9: Click on "Members"
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but
Step #10: but
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Click on "Find members"
Step #11: Click on "Find members"

Start typing the first letters of a person's name. A list of possible matches will appear, and you can add anyone you want to the channel from there.

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Click X to close the window, and your channel is done.
Step #12: Click X to close the window, and your channel is done.

That's how you create a Channel inside of a Section in Slack.