Slack – How to remove a preview from a post in slack when editing

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Note: I AM NOT ASKING HOW TO HIDE A PREVIEW for myself. I'm asking how to delete for everyone a preview that has already been posted.

Here is the workflow that I'm talking about

  1. Make a post in slack with a youtube link and Click Send

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  1. Post shows up with preview

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  1. Pick "Edit Message"

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  1. Remove the link and pick "Save Changes"

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  1. Even though there is no longer a link in the post there is still a preview.

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In fact even changing the link to something else does not fix/remove the preview

Here is pasting a link from imgur

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And here's the result. The link shows imgur, the preview is still Youtube

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How do I remove the preview when editing? Just like my edits show up for everyone else I want the fact that I removed the link to remove the preview for everyone else as well. It's part of my edit

Best Answer

Using your own example from YouTube, when you hover over the image there is a little cross on the left side of the thumbnail. Click there.

How to remove a preview from YouTube links in Slack

This creates a dialogue, click on remove

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Once the preview is removed, Slack shows your message as edited, and the preview is removed from the message. And this change is visible to everyone in the channel.

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