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# Private Slack channels
Swarmia's [team notifications](/settings/team/team-notifications.md) are a great way to stay up to date with all that needs your team's attention on a day-to-day basis.
You can get updates in both public and private Slack channels. If your team has a public channel, you should be able to choose it in Swarmia [notification settings](https://app.swarmia.com/settings/team/notifications).
If you're using a private channel instead, follow the instructions below.
## **Step 1: Reinstall the Swarmia app (recommended)**
We recommend that you start by [reinstalling the Swarmia app](https://app.swarmia.com/settings/slack) to your Slack workspace. This ensures we have all the permissions necessary to fetch the private channels from your Slack instance.
## **Step 2.** Enable [personal notifications](https://app.swarmia.com/notifications)
This prepares the necessary authorizations for listing your private channels. You can uncheck all the boxes if you're not interested in receiving personal notifications.
## **Step 3.** Invite the Swarmia app to your channel
This can be done either with a direct text command or by going through the Slack UI to add the app to the channel.
{% hint style="warning" %}
Adding the Swarmia app to a private channel **makes the channel name visible to everyone in your organization** who can access the Swarmia UI.
To hide the channel name from the Swarmia UI, you can remove the Swarmia app from the private Slack channel.
{% endhint %}
### **Option 1: Slack user interface**
For the UI approach, find the option to **Add apps to this channel** by entering the following on your private channel.
`/invite`
Next, find the Swarmia app and **Add** it to your channel.
### **Option 2: via text command**
For the text version, enter the following command in your Slack channel:
`/invite @swarmia`
## **Step 4.** Refresh the [team notifications](https://app.swarmia.com/settings/team/notifications) page.
You should be able to see your channel in the list now.
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