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Members of your team can start a voice or video call in Slack using the phone icon at the top of the screen. There are two ways to customize how your team makes calls in Slack:
Keep in mind: Any Team Owner or Admin can manage call settings for your team. Changes to these settings impact all members of your team. Team members cannot customize their call settings individually.
Enable or disable the phone icon
Enable Calls
Disable Calls
Slack Calls are turned on by default for all Slack teams. Team owners and Admins can choose to use a different app for voice and video calls or completely remove the phone icon for all team members.
If you decide to disable the phone icon, here’s how to turn it back on:
Team Owners and Admins can default their team’s phone icon to start calls via Slack or a supported third-party app.
To change your team's default app to another service, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Select and install a calling app
If you haven't already, choose a new calling service in Slack's App Directory and install the app for your team. You can find a list of our supported apps, and where to install them, here: Voice, video & screen sharing apps.
Note: Choosing a third-party calling app may require you to create an account with that service.
Step 2: Set the app as your team's default
Changing this setting will update the default calling app for all members of your team:
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