Slack – How to Permanently Disable Previews

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How can I disable image and video previews in Slack? I've found the /collapse command, but that only seems to collapse existing media in the current channel. What I want is for future ones not to preview at all.

Best Answer

On the browser view, click on the drop down menu next to your team's name on Preferences. Then click on Messages and media on the left-hand side. Then, under the section Inline Media & Links you will find checkboxes for

  • Expand images and files uploaded to Slack
  • Expand links to images, video and audio from external sources
    • Even if it is an image larger than 2MB
  • Expand website links to show a preview of the content, when available

Uncheck whichever of those that you want and you are set!