Mattermost
  • About Mattermost
    • Mattermost overview
      • The Mattermost platform
      • Collaboration workflows addressed by Mattermost
        • Use Channels to stay connected and support your communication workflows
        • Use Playbooks to support your prescribed workflows and trust the process
        • Use Boards to hit your milestones and support your project workflows
      • About the Mattermost open source project
    • Security overview
      • Security features
        • Private Cloud deployment with secure mobile apps
        • Centralized security and administration
        • Transmission security
        • Integrity and audit controls
        • Authentication safeguards
        • Access control policy
      • Security updates
      • Security policies
      • HIPAA compliance*
      • FINRA compliance*
    • Integrations overview
      • Custom Apps
      • API
      • Plugins
      • Bots
      • Custom slash commands
      • Webhooks
      • Source code customizations
    • Subscription overview
      • Mattermost Nonprofit License program
        • What’s included?
        • Who’s eligible?
        • How to apply?
      • Mattermost educational license program
      • Frequently asked questions
        • Are my credit card details safe?
        • Why do I need to provide my name and physical address when purchasing a subscription?
        • What does Mattermost do with this information?
        • Who are the sanctioned people, companies, and entities?
        • What does “physical address” mean for software that will be used in many places?
        • How is a user defined for subscriptions?
        • Do I need to pay for deactivated users?
        • Which features are affected when my subscription expires?
        • Is there a maximum number of users per subscription?
        • What happens if my department buys a Mattermost subscription and then central IT buys a high volume subscription that also covers my department?
    • Self-hosted subscriptions
      • Buy a subscription
      • View subscription information
      • Add more users to a subscription
      • Renew a subscription
        • Frequently asked questions
    • Cloud subscriptions
      • Purchase a Cloud subscription
      • View subscription details
      • Billing period
        • Adding and removing users in the middle of a billing period
        • Payment information
        • Sales tax and VAT
      • Failed or late payments
      • Add more users to your subscription
      • Renew your subscription
      • Frequently asked questions
        • What happens when my 30-day Mattermost Enterprise trial period ends?
        • How am I billed for my Cloud monthly subscription?
        • What happens if I decide to purchase a subscription to Mattermost Enterprise during my trial?
        • How do I change my subscription from Mattermost Enterprise to Mattermost Professional?
        • Can I purchase an annual Mattermost Cloud subscription?
        • How do I cancel my subscription?
        • I’m no longer being billed for my Cloud Starter ($149 / year) plan. Why is that?
        • When will support for other regions be available?
        • How is Mattermost Cloud secured?
        • What are the alternatives, and why should I choose Mattermost Cloud?
        • Is Mattermost Cloud Enterprise a dedicated instance run on AWS systems?
        • How is customer data in Mattermost Cloud Enterprise encrypted?
        • Are S3-managed keys used for server-side encryption?
        • Do you provide cross-region failover in the event of an outage in AWS us-east-1 region?
        • What environments and rings are Cloud offerings deployed with?
    • Mattermost editions and plans
      • Self-hosted editions
        • Mattermost Team Edition
        • Mattermost Enterprise Edition
      • Mattermost plans
      • Mattermost Starter
      • Mattermost Professional
      • Mattermost Enterprise
      • Limits
      • Other Mattermost plans
        • Mattermost Enterprise Edition E10
        • Mattermost Enterprise Edition E20
      • Product decisions
    • Corporate directory integration
      • Basic authentication
      • Security features for authentication
      • Active Directory/LDAP authentication
      • Authentication options outside of a private network
      • Future authentication methods
    • Certifications and compliance overview
      • GDPR compliance
        • Continual commitment to the principles of GDPR
        • Security infrastructure
        • Contractual obligations
        • Privacy measures
        • Product features
      • Accessibility compliance
      • U.S. trade compliance
        • What is the process to end a customer relationship due to new U.S. sanctions?
      • U.S. export compliance overview
        • Summary Table
        • Overview
        • General information
        • Export classification and licensing
        • Disclaimer
      • Frequently asked questions
        • To be compliant with GDPR, do I need to remove message contents of email notifications?
        • What information is shared when I select Contact us on a Mattermost Admin Advisor notification?
        • Are the server access logs containing IP addresses a GDPR compliance issue?
        • Do you have Fed or Department of Defense (DOD) Certification?
        • How do you ensure personal data stays within European Union?
    • Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
      • General Mattermost questions
        • Why was Mattermost created?
        • Why does the open source repository contain code specific to the commercial version of Mattermost?
        • Does Mattermost support 508 Compliance?
        • What’s the largest Mattermost deployment you have?
        • How do I deploy the open source Mattermost Team Edition under an MIT license?
        • What are the limitations for embargoed countries?
      • Community questions
        • How can I contribute to Mattermost?
        • Can contributors add themselves to the Mattermost company page on LinkedIn?
      • Notifications
        • What determines if a desktop notification should be triggered?
        • What determines if an email notification should be triggered?
        • What determines if a mobile push notification should be triggered?
        • Are mobile push notifications free?
      • Video, audio, and screen sharing
        • What support is available for video and audio calling and screen sharing?
      • Enterprise questions
        • What is Mattermost Enterprise Edition?
        • How can I be assured that my data will not be locked in to commercial software?
        • How does Mattermost scale from teams to enterprises?
        • What does it take to manage a Mattermost deployment?
        • How do you manage multiple messaging solutions in an enterprise?
        • What are the options to purchase a subscription to Mattermost Enterprise Edition?
        • What happens when the Enterprise Edition subscription expires?
        • How does the licensing key work?
        • Do you have a program for official non-profits and charities?
        • Do you have discounted licenses for academic institutions?
      • License questions
        • Terms of use and privacy policy
        • Source available licensing
        • Open source derivative work of Mattermost
        • How do I fork Mattermost?
      • Integrations
        • Can I use Mattermost to add messaging functionality to my proprietary SaaS service?
        • What’s the difference between incoming and outgoing webhooks?
        • What’s a slash command?
        • What does Slack-compatible mean?
        • What if I have a webhook from somewhere other than Slack?
        • What are attachments?
        • Where can I find existing integrations?
        • Where should I install my integrations?
        • Where can I get more information about integrations?
      • Use cases
        • Does Mattermost support external guests?
        • Can I use Mattermost for customer service?
        • Does Mattermost have an official website-based plugin to offer anonymous chat to visitors?
      • Product questions
        • What features are available on different Mattermost clients?
        • What feature quality levels does Mattermost have?
      • High trust questions
        • What are the trust benefits of Mattermost compared to third-party SaaS systems that let customers manage their own encryption keys?
        • What are the fundamental security challenges with Massive, Multi-Tenant Applications (MMTA)?
      • Design decisions
        • Why does Mattermost disclose whether or not an account exists when a user enters an incorrect password?
      • Business questions
        • How do I fork Mattermost?
        • How can I create an open source derivative work of Mattermost?
        • Will Mattermost complete questionnaires requiring confidential data without an NDA?
        • Why does Mattermost have a discount for certain kinds of non-profits but not for others?
        • Can I create a derivative work of the Mattermost /mattermost-server repository that is not open source?
        • Will Mattermost, Inc. offer the ability to resell Mattermost software without a reseller agreement?
        • Does Mattermost answer questions about open source licenses authored by other organizations?
      • Illicit use
        • How do I report illicit use of Mattermost software?
  • Mattermost for system administrators
    • Launch Mattermost at your organization
      • Deploy Mattermost
      • Install a database
      • Use sockets for the database
        • MySQL
        • PostgreSQL
        • With TCP socket
        • With Unix socket
        • Configuring Mattermost
      • Install a proxy server
        • Install NGINX on Ubuntu Server
        • Manage the NGINX process
        • What to do next
        • Configure NGINX as a proxy for Mattermost server
        • Configure NGINX with SSL and HTTP/2
      • Software and hardware requirements
        • Deployment overview
        • Software requirements
        • Hardware requirements
      • Configure Mattermost server
        • Configure TLS on Mattermost server
        • Install NGINX server
        • SSL client certificate setup
        • Certificate-based authentication
        • Set up SMTP email
        • Configure CloudFront
        • Use an outbound proxy
        • Use an image proxy
        • Backup and disaster recovery
        • Encryption options
        • Configure transport encryption
        • Configure Bleve search
        • Audit logging
        • Customize email templates
        • Whitelabel Mattermost
        • Custom branding
        • Custom terms of service
        • Enable Chinese, Japanese, and Korean search
      • Components of a Mattermost deployment
        • Requirements and installation guides
        • User experience
        • Communication protocols
        • Network access and multi-Factor authentication
        • Data center infrastructure
        • Mattermost Server
        • Data stores
        • Deployment options
      • Mattermost architecture
        • Basics
        • High Availability and scalability
        • Reference architectures
      • Administrator onboarding tasks
        • Getting started tasks
        • Important administration notes
        • Common tasks
        • User experience optimizations
      • Implementation plan
        • 1 Introduction
        • 2 System overview
        • 3 Management overview
        • 4 Implementation support
      • Enterprise roll out checklist
        • Checklist overview
        • Checklist details
      • Preview Mattermost using Docker
        • Troubleshooting your preview deployment
      • Preview Mattermost using AWS Elastic Beanstalk Docker
        • Configuration Settings
        • (Recommended) Enable Email
        • Sample SMTP settings
        • Troubleshooting SMTP
    • Changelogs
      • Mattermost self-hosted
        • Release v7.3 - Feature Release
        • Release v7.2 - Feature Release
        • Release v7.1 - Extended Support Release
        • Release v7.0 - Major Release
        • Release v6.7 - Feature Release
        • Release v6.6 - Feature Release
        • Release v6.5 - Feature Release
        • Release v6.4 - Feature Release
        • Release v6.3 - Extended Support Release
        • Release v6.2 - Feature Release
        • Release v6.1 - Feature Release
        • Release v6.0 - Feature Release
      • Mattermost legacy self-hosted
        • Latest Mattermost releases
        • Release v5.39 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.38 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.37 - Extended Support Release
        • Release v5.36 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.35 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.34 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.33 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.32 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.31 - ESR
        • Release v5.30 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.29 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.28 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.27 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.26 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.25 - ESR
        • Release v5.24 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.23 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.22 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.21 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.20 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.19 - ESR
        • Release v5.18 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.17 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.16 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.15 - Quality Release
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        • Release v5.11 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.10 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.9 - ESR
        • Release v5.8 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.7 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.6 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.5 - Quality Release
        • Release v5.4 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.3 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.2 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.1 - Feature Release
        • Release v5.0 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.10 - ESR
        • Release v4.9 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.8 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.7 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.6 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.5 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.4.5 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.3.4 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.2.2 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.1.2 - Feature Release
        • Release v4.0.5 - Feature Release
        • Release v3.10.3
        • Release v3.9.2
        • Release v3.8.3
        • Release v3.7.5
        • Release v3.6.7
        • Release v3.5.1
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        • Release v3.2.0
        • Release v3.1.0
        • Release v3.0.3
        • Release v2.2.0
        • Release v2.1.0
        • Release v2.0.0
        • Release v1.4.0
        • Release v1.3.0
        • Release v1.2.1
        • Release v1.2.0 (Redacted Release)
        • Release v1.1.1 (Quality Release)
        • Release v1.1.0
        • Release v1.0.0
        • Release v0.7.0 (Beta1)
        • Release v0.6.0 (Alpha)
        • Release v0.5.0 (Preview)
      • Mattermost Cloud
        • Release 2022-10-13
        • Release 2022-10-06
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        • Release 2020-12-18
        • Release 2020-12-09
        • Release 2020-12-03
        • Release 2020-11-24
      • Mobile apps
        • 1.55.1 Release
        • 1.55.0 Release
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        • v1.13.0 Release
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        • v1.9.0 Release
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        • v1.5.3 Release
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        • v1.3 Release
        • v1.2 Release
        • v1.1 Release
        • v1.0.1 Release
        • v1.0 Release
        • Beta Release
      • Desktop app
        • Release v5.1
        • Release v5.0
        • Release v4.7
        • Release v4.6
        • Release v4.5
        • Release v4.4
        • Release v4.3
        • Release v4.2.3
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        • Release v4.0.1
        • Release 4.0.0
        • Release 3.7.1
        • Release 3.7.0
        • Release 3.6.0
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        • Release v3.4.1
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        • Release v1.2.1 (Beta)
        • Release v1.1.1 (Beta)
      • Deprecated features
        • Removed features in upcoming versions
        • Removed features by Mattermost version
      • Open source components
        • Desktop
        • Mobile
        • Server
        • Webapp
    • Manage your Mattermost workspace
      • Optimize your workspace
        • How is the overall score calculated?
        • Recommendations
      • Configure the Mattermost server
        • Configuration in database
        • Environment variables
        • Configuration reload
        • Deprecated configuration settings
        • Site Configuration
        • Authentication
        • Plugins
        • Integrations
        • Compliance
        • Experimental
        • Settings configurable only in config.json
        • Experimental Settings only in config.json
      • Deprecated configuration settings
        • Bleve settings
        • Elasticsearch settings
        • Service settings
        • Database Settings
        • Users and teams
        • SAML 2.0
        • Legacy sidebar
        • Town Square
        • Custom emoji
        • Timezone
        • High Availability
        • REST API V3
        • Integrations
        • Policy
        • Images
        • Experimental display settings
      • Environment variables
        • Override Mattermost license file
        • Load custom configuration defaults
      • Set up shared channels
        • Set up shared channels
        • Create a secure connection invitation
        • Accept a secure connection invitation
        • Share channels with secure connections
        • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Review performance statistics
        • Site statistics
        • Team statistics
        • Troubleshooting/FAQ
      • Display in-product notices
        • Administrator notices
        • End user notices
        • Admin Advisor notices
      • Gather user feedback
        • Administration
        • Survey Data
      • Configure an announcement banner
        • Configure an announcement banner
      • Cloud workspace management
        • Mattermost Cloud billing
        • Workspace limits
        • Workspace usage
        • Cloud data residency
      • Self-hosted workspace management
        • Mattermost database configuration
        • SSL client certificate setup
        • Deploy Mattermost calls
        • Configure health checks probes
        • Configure Mattermost Omnibus
        • Mattermost Kubernetes Operator
        • Kubernetes frequently asked questions
        • Kubernetes FAQ
      • Migrate your Mattermost workspace
        • Migrate from Cloud to self-hosted
        • Migrate from other chat products
        • Migration announcement email
        • Bulk load data
        • Bulk export data
      • User authentication
        • Enable multi-factor authentication
        • Set up AD/LDAP
        • Set up GitLab SSO
        • Set up OpenID Connect SSO
        • Set up Google SSO
        • Set up Office SSO
        • Convert OAuth 2.0 providers to OpenID Connect
      • User permissions
        • Advanced permissions
        • Permissions backend infrastructure
        • System Admin roles
      • User management
        • Provisioning workflows
        • Manage team and channel members
        • Sync AD/LDAP groups
        • Use AD/LDAP groups to manage team or private channel membership
        • Guest accounts
        • SAML SSO
        • SAML SSO technical documentation
        • Welcome email for end users
      • Compliance tools
        • eDiscovery
        • Compliance monitoring
        • Compliance export
        • Data retention tools
      • Other resources
        • mmctl command line tool
        • Command line tools
    • Install Mattermost clients
      • Mattermost desktop app
        • Desktop app install guide
        • Desktop app deployment guide
        • Desktop MSI installer and group policy installation guides
        • Desktop app custom dictionaries
        • Desktop managed resources
      • Mattermost mobile apps
        • Use Mattermost's pre-built mobile apps
        • iOS app setup
        • Android app setup
        • Deploy Mattermost mobile apps
        • Mobile push notifications
        • Test push notifications
        • Build and distribute custom Mattermost mobile apps
        • Deploy mobile apps using an EMM provider
        • AppConfig for EMM solutions
        • Mobile VPN options
        • Mobile apps FAQ
        • Client-side data storage FAQ
        • Troubleshoot mobile apps
    • Keep your Mattermost workspace current
      • Prepare to upgrade
        • Upgrade to Mattermost v7.1
        • Upgrade to Mattermost v7.0
        • Upgrade to Mattermost v6.7
        • Upgrade to Mattermost v6.0
        • Upgrade from releases older than v5.35
        • Upgrade high availability deployments
      • Important upgrade notes
      • Upgrade Mattermost server
        • Before you begin
        • Upgrade Mattermost Server
        • Upgrade Team Edition to Enterprise Edition
        • Upload a license key
      • Enterprise upgrade
        • Installing Enterprise Edition
        • Upgrading to Mattermost Enterprise Edition
        • Converting Team Edition to Enterprise Edition
      • Install a license key
        • Change an existing license key
        • License key storage
      • Downgrade Mattermost server
        • Downgrade from v6.0 to v5.38
      • Release definitions
        • Feature release
        • Extended Support Release (ESR)
        • Major release
      • Release lifecycle
        • What is a Release Lifecycle?
        • Desktop and mobile app compatibility
        • Notes on Upgrading to Mattermost v6.0 or later
      • Extended support release
        • What is an Extended Support Release?
        • What is the life cycle of an Extended Support Release?
        • What is included in an Extended Support Release dot release?
        • Who should use an Extended Support Release?
        • How do I install the Extended Support Release?
        • What are the current supported Extended Support Release versions?
        • How do I restore a previous Extended Support Release?
        • Why is an Extended Support Release supported for nine months and not longer?
        • Can customers pay for extended support?
        • How do we notify customers about new and deprecated Extended Support Releases?
        • If we upgrade Mobile or Desktop Apps before we upgrade to the latest ESR, will we have compatibility issues?
        • What Mobile and Desktop App versions are compatible with the latest ESR?
      • Version archive
        • Mattermost Enterprise Edition
        • Mattermost Team Edition
    • Scale Mattermost as your organization grows
      • Scale for enterprise
        • Single machine deployment
        • Multi machine deployment
        • Cluster-based deployment
        • Sample scaling guide
        • Hosting recommendation for 100,000+ users
      • High Availability cluster
        • Requirements for continuous operation
        • Deployment guide
        • Configuration and compatibility
        • Upgrade guide
        • Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
        • Troubleshooting
      • Elasticsearch
        • Deployment guide
        • Limitations
        • Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
      • Performance monitoring
        • Install Prometheus
        • Install Grafana
        • Getting started
        • Statistics
        • Frequently asked questions
      • Mattermost performance alerting guide
        • CPU utilization rate
        • Memory usage
        • Number of Goroutines
        • Number of API errors per second
        • Mean API request time
        • Plugin hooks
        • Other alerts
    • Troubleshoot Mattermost deployment issues
      • Troubleshoot deployment issues
        • Important notes
        • Deployment troubleshooting
        • General troubleshooting
        • Review Mattermost logs
        • Mattermost Server logs
        • Mattermost Desktop App logs
        • Mattermost Browser App logs
        • Mattermost Push Notification Service logs
        • Connect to another server
        • Connect with another device
        • Opening a support ticket for self-hosted deployments
        • Appendix
      • MySQL troubleshooting
        • The mattermost database
        • The Database User
        • The user password
        • Insufficient user privileges
      • Generate a support packet
  • Mattermost for users
    • Welcome to Mattermost
      • Access your workspace
      • Get started with Mattermost
        • Log in to Mattermost
        • Get started with Mattermost Channels
        • Get started with Mattermost Playbooks
        • Get started with Mattermost Boards
        • Manage custom groups
        • About teams
        • Team settings
        • Team keyboard shortcuts
        • About user roles
        • About insights
        • Keyboard shortcuts
        • Log out of Mattermost
      • Customize your Mattermost experience
        • Manage your profile
        • Set your status and availability
        • Customize your theme
        • Customize your Desktop App experience
        • Manage Desktop App server connections
      • Mattermost interface changes
        • What changed in Mattermost Boards
        • What changed in Mattermost v7.0?
        • What changed in Mattermost v6.0?
    • Mattermost Channels
      • Channels, messages, and conversations
      • Work with channels
        • Channel types
        • Create channels
        • Channel naming conventions
        • Rename a channel
        • Convert public channels to private
        • Join and leave channels
        • Start a call
        • Manage channel members
        • Find channels
        • Navigate between channels
        • Mark channels as favorites
        • Customize your channel sidebar
        • Archive and unarchive channels
        • Set channel preferences
        • Channels settings
      • Work with messages
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Share links to messages 

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To share links to messages in Mattermost, select the More Use the More icon to access additional message options. icon next to a message, then select Copy Link.

When you hover over messages, you can access more message options from the More icon. You can share links to messages with others using the More option.

Paste the link into a message to share the image link with others. Sharing links to messages generates a preview of the message.

Mattermost generates previews of links shared in Channels.

Tip

You can also hover over an image and select the Use the Copy Link icon to copy the public URL link for an image in a message. icon in the top right corner.

Previews respect channel membership permissions, so they’re only visible to users who have access to the original message. If the link is to a message in a public channel, any member of the team can see the message preview. If the link is to a message in a private channel or direct message, only members in that channel can see the message preview.

Tip

The timestamp next to the username of any message also functions as a permanent link to that conversation.

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