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Slack

macOS | 4.44.59

Slack is a team communication and collaboration software for modern workplaces

Self-service install

To install Slack on your work computer:

  1. Navigate to the Fleet Desktop icon in the OS menu bar and select My device.
  2. From the Self-service tab, navigate to Slack and click Install.

Don’t see Slack or the Fleet Desktop icon? Send a link to this page to your IT team.

Uninstall Slack

Run the following command in your terminal to uninstall Slack:

APPDIR="/Applications/" && LOGGED_IN_USER=$(scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ { print $3 }') && quit_application() { local bundle_id="$1"; local timeout_duration=10; if ! osascript -e "application id \"$bundle_id\" is running" 2>/dev/null; then return fi; local console_user; console_user=$(stat -f "%Su" /dev/console); if [[ $EUID -eq 0 && "$console_user" == "root" ]]; then echo "Not logged into a non-root GUI; skipping quitting application ID '$bundle_id'."; return fi; echo "Quitting application '$bundle_id'..."; local quit_success=false; SECONDS=0; while (( SECONDS < timeout_duration )); do if osascript -e "tell application id \"$bundle_id\" to quit" >/dev/null 2>&1; then if ! pgrep -f "$bundle_id" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Application '$bundle_id' quit successfully."; quit_success=true; break; fi; fi; sleep 1; done if [[ "$quit_success" = false ]]; then echo "Application '$bundle_id' did not quit."; fi } && trash() { local logged_in_user="$1"; local target_file="$2"; local timestamp="$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)"; local rand="$(jot -r 1 0 99999)"; if [[ "$target_file" == ~* ]]; then target_file="/Users/$logged_in_user${target_file:1}"; fi; local trash="/Users/$logged_in_user/.Trash"; local file_name="$(basename "${target_file}")"; if [[ -e "$target_file" ]]; then echo "removing $target_file."; mv -f "$target_file" "$trash/${file_name}_${timestamp}_${rand}"; else echo "$target_file doesn't exist."; fi } && quit_application 'com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap' && sudo rm -rf "$APPDIR/Slack.app" && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Slack_*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Scripts/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap.sfl*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/Slack' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Containers/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Cookies/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap.binarycookies' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Group Containers/*.com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Group Containers/*.slack' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Logs/Slack' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap.ShipIt.*.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Saved Application State/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap.savedState' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/WebKit/com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap'

Is Slack up to date?

Run this query in Fleet to find old versions of Slack across all your computers:

SELECT 1 FROM apps WHERE bundle_identifier = 'com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap' AND bundle_short_version <= '4.44.59';

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