Plus, workspace admins can restrict permissions for adding custom emoji to Slack, so your gleeful plans for fun online work banter might be already foiled if your boss has turned this option off ...

In Slack, click the name of your server in the top left corner and browse to Administration > Customize. You will see the new Bulk Emoji Uploader at the top of the screen.

Slack will show you a preview, and ask you to give your emoji a name. Choose something specific, as it has to be unique. If you need more than one word, use hyphens instead of spaces.

Slack has also revamped its emoji selector for more logical organization, and it’s updated its Recent Mentions tab to include reactions as well. The result is that users can now review in a ...

Your emoji will be sandwiched by two colon punctuation signs, so to conjure it on mobile, bookend the name with colons (e.g., :cat:) Slack also notes that some workspaces won't let you make custom ...