Explore and join a Space

1. In the left-hand navigation, choose the compass button, Explore Spaces. On a narrow screen, choose Open menu in the top bar first.
2. Type at least two characters of the Space name in Search in Spaces. Results narrow as you type.
3. Choose Join on the Space you want.

Spaces confirms with a message naming the Space, then opens its first channel. If the Space has no channels yet, you see You joined this Space, but it does not have any channels yet. A Space administrator can create one.

Only Spaces that a Space admin has opened to your Account appear in the list. Those are marked Everyone in your organization. A Space set to Invite only never appears; a Space admin has to add you.

Spaces you never have to join

Some Spaces are set so that every active member of the Account is a member automatically. Those are marked Everyone in the Account is a member and are kept in step with Account membership by the platform, so they appear in your rail without a join step and do not appear in Explore Spaces.

If the list is empty

No Spaces are available to join right now. means nothing is open to your Account at the moment. The page then offers three ways forward: ask a Space admin for an invite, start a direct message, or create a Space if your account may do that.

If it did not work

• This Space is no longer available to join. or This Space changed while you were joining. Refresh the list and try again. means the Space's visibility changed while the list was open. Search again.
• Space discovery is not available for this organization yet. means self-service joining is not turned on for your Account. Ask a Space admin to add you.
• Spaces could not be loaded. is a network or service failure. Choose Retry.
• If the Space you want never appears, see You cannot see a Space.