How to Create a Poll on Slack on iPhone or iPad

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: March 29, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to create a poll in a Slack channel using an iPhone or iPad.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:
Using Emoji

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Open Slack on your iPhone or iPad. It’s the multicolored pattern icon with a black “S” inside. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.
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Tap the Slack icon. It’s the hashtag at the top-left corner of the screen.

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3
Select the channel in which you want to create a poll. If you’d prefer, you can create a new channel just for the poll.
4
Type the poll question into the message box. It’s at the bottom of the channel. Don’t send the message just yet!
- For example, if you want to know what your team wants for lunch, you may type “What do you want to order for lunch?”
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Press the Return key. It’s at the bottom-right corner of the keyboard. This brings you to a new line, where you can enter the first possible emoji reaction.
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Type an emoji and its associated answer. Users will vote on the poll by typing the emoji that corresponds with an answer. You’ll decide the emoji and what answers they represent.
- For example, in our lunch poll, you may use the pizza emoji and type “Pizza” to make pizza an option.
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Press Return. Now you can add another possible answer.
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Type another emoji and its associated answer. Again, use an emoji that represents an answer, then type what it represents so there’s no confusion.
- Keep adding emoji options until you’re finished. Hit the Return key after each option for a more organized poll.
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Tap Send. The poll will now appear in the channel.
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Vote on the poll. To cast your vote, type the emoji that represents your vote, then tap Send. Make sure the other members of your channel do the same so you can get an accurate count. The emoji that appears the most times in the channel wins the poll.

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Method 2

Method 2 of 2:
Using a Poll App

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Open Slack on your iPhone or iPad. It’s the multicolored pattern icon with a black “S” inside. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.
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Tap ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Tap Settings. It’s at the bottom of the menu.
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Scroll down and tap Apps & Integrations. This brings you to a list of apps that can be installed in Slack.
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Type poll into the search bar. A list of apps that match your search will appear.
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Tap Simple Poll. You can choose any of the options, but we’ll use Simple Poll for this example.
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Tap Visit site to install. It’s the green button beneath the multicolored poll image. This brings you to Simple Poll’s website.
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Tap Add to Slack. It’s the button at the bottom-center part of the website. A permissions screen will appear.
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Tap Authorize. It’s the green button. This gives Simple Poll permission to install. Once the installation is complete, you’ll see a welcome message.
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Tap Done. It’s at the top-left corner of the screen. This returns you to Slack.
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Go to the channel where you want to add the poll. To do so, tap the rainbow hashtag icon at the top-left corner of the screen, then tap the channel in the list.
- If you prefer, create a new channel just for the poll.
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Enter your poll question and answers in the proper format. Type /poll “<question>” “<option 1>” “<option 2>”. Replace <question> with the poll question, and the <options> with possible answers.
- Questions and answers must be in quotations marks.
- Example: /poll “What do you want for lunch?” “pizza” “tacos” “sushi”
- You can add more options if you wish--just remember to put them in quotes.
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Tap Send. Your poll will now appear in the channel. To vote, each channel member should tap their desired answer.

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Nicole Levine, MFA

Tech Specialist

This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 6,195 times.

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