Slack

ApplicationSlack Technologies, LLC

Dem still dey call am slack desktop, slack app

Slack Technologies, LLCProductivity

Workplace chat client. Di Windows desktop app na slack.exe and e dey use Electron.

Wetin you need know

Slack na chat client. Teams na different vendor and different exe.

Slack Windows app na Electron. Extra slack.exe rows na helpers. Di browser tab na alternative if you no want resident tray.

Wetin e be?: Workplace chat
E heavy?: Many workspaces fit be
Same as Teams?: No

Feex tok say

If you only need Slack twice a week, I go use di site and skip di desktop tray. Di process list dey honest about how chat apps dey live now.

Wetin be Slack?

Slack na di Slack desktop application from Slack Technologies, wey now be part of Salesforce. E no be Discord and e no be Teams.

If you never use am before

If your work talk say "we dey use Slack", na workplace chat inside channels. You fit use am inside browser. Di Windows app na for notifications and huddles. Download am from slack.com/downloads/windows. You dey join workspace with work email. E no be Discord servers and e no be Microsoft Teams.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

Channels and DMs

Di message list. Na why slack.exe dey stay resident during di workday.

Huddles

Light voice next to channel. Heavy pass text, light pass full Zoom meeting.

Workspace apps

Bots and shortcuts wey admin enable. Those na Slack apps, no be Windows services.

Na who e dey for?

People wey dia company dey live inside Slack workspaces
Users wey want notifications outside di browser
Anybody wey dey compare RAM with Teams by product, no be by "chat app" as blob

Current status

Actively developed. Dis article na di Windows desktop client, no be Slack Enterprise Grid admin.

How old e be?

Slack launch for 2013 comot from failed game studio. Salesforce acquire am for 2021. Di desktop client still be Electron. E no be IRC, no be HipChat, and no be di 2010s Campfire product wey those teams leave.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Desktop stable

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
RAM	Slack dey ask for current 64-bit Windows PC. Extra workspaces need more RAM
Operating system	Current supported Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, per Slack

Resource profile

CPU demand: Huddles and video
RAM demand: Workspace count
Network demand: Always-on messaging

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
slack.exe	Electron main and helpers

Startup components

Slack fit launch at logon enter tray. Dat na Slack preference.

File locations

Common Slack locations
Typical install	C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Local\slack\

File formats

files wey you drop inside channels

Common wahala dem

Cache growth

Slack document cache reset. No delete AppData while di app dey run.

Two chat clients

Slack plus Teams na org problem. To end one exe no dey migrate di other workspace.

How to get unstuck

Reset di cache from Slack help, no be folder delete while e dey run

Slack document cache reset. To kill AppData mid-sync dey corrupt di local index.

Use di website if you only need am twice a week

slack.com inside browser dey skip di tray. Di workspace na di same.

Install from slack.com/downloads/windows

"Slack desktop" MSI from search ad na wrong file.

Alternatives

Teams, Discord, and di Slack website overlap. Choose dem for di org graph, no be filename risk percent.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Download	slack.com/downloads/windows Official Windows client
Help Center	slack.com/help Workspace, notifications, and desktop issues
System requirements	slack.com/help/articles/115002037526 Wetin Slack list for Windows
Status	slack-status.com/ Wen Slack itself down
Account / workspace	slack.com/signin Join or switch workspaces

Related hardware

RAM na di usual limit. GPU dey help huddle video, no be message list.

Technical details

Per-version file hashes and volume-license paths no dey verified inside dis preview.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

Slack: desktop app · Official client
Slack Help: system requirements · Windows client
Foxhole process map · First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

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