By default, Slack keeps a pretty handy record of which of your team members said what and when.

This can help to eliminate any pesky he said she said.

In a corporate environment, however, a permanent communication record is important.

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Heres how to change these options.

To restrict the ability to edit or delete messages you should probably go into the workspace permissions tweaks.

To get there, you first need to press the workspace name in the top-right corner.

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Click Expand next to Message editing & deletion in the Permissions tab.

To configure the ability to edit messages, press the dropdown box labelled Edit messages.

In workplace environments, there is generally a stricter requirement for a permanent communication record.

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