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ProBackup for Slack is a SaaS backup service that takes an automated snapshot of the public channels, private channels and direct messages the connected admin can access, including files, every 24 hours, stores it encrypted in the AWS region you choose, and restores messages or channels as copies back into Slack. On workspaces connected since 29 May 2025, Slack limits how much older history an app can read. Available since November 2021.
Step by step: how to back up Slack
Doesn't Slack back up my data?
Slack keeps its own servers safe, but it offers no backup you can restore from yourself. Deleting a message or a channel is permanent.
A deleted message
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- With ProBackup: Stays in your backup for your plan's history (6 months up to 4 years). You restore it yourself, as a new message with its thread replies and files.
A deleted channel
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- With ProBackup: Email when a channel has dropped out of your backup, plus a report of deleted messages. Restore the channel as a new one, with its messages and thread replies.
Messages past retention
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- With ProBackup: Messages Slack removes stay in your backup for your plan's history. Pick any day and read them back.
A full copy
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- With ProBackup: Automatic every 24 hours, with private channels, DMs and files the connected user can access. Browsable by day, Excel export, Google Drive sync (Pro and Premium).
Use Slack's archive for channels you closed. Use ProBackup for anything deleted, expired or older.
Everything you need to protect Slack
- Public and private channels, direct messages, thread replies, files
- Only the conversations the connected user can access
- Date picker
- Each message with its thread replies
- A message with its thread replies and files, or a whole channel as a new channel
- Nothing existing is overwritten
- Email when a channel has dropped out of your backup
- Global search; Google Drive sync on Pro and Premium
One license. Every SaaS app you use. Pay by storage, not by team size.
Plus
For founders and small teams
$25 per month billed annually
or $31 billed monthly
Start free trial- Daily backup of all apps
- 6 month backup history
- Invite 1 guest
- Backup of all records, files & comments
- Smart retries
- Granular restore
- Recently deleted items report
Pro
For project managers & growing teams
$38 per month billed annually
or $47 billed monthly
Start free trialEverything in Plus, and:
- 2 year backup history
- Invite 10 guests
- Sync to Google Drive
- Global search
- Weekly status emails
- Smart alerts
Premium
For IT admins & enterprise compliance
$69 per month billed annually
or $86 billed monthly
Start free trialEverything in Pro, and:
- 4 year backup history
- Invite unlimited guests
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Bulk download of files
- Priority support
- Advanced scope control
- Audit reports
- Virus scanner
Frequently asked questions
Can't find your answer here? Our help center covers setup, restores and billing for every app.
Visit the help centerWhat Slack data is backed up?
The following data types are backed up: public channels, private channels and direct messages the connected user can access, with their thread replies and files. Conversations that user can't see are not included. On workspaces connected since 29 May 2025, Slack lets apps like ProBackup read only a few older messages per channel, so the backup holds the latest messages from before you connected and everything after.
How does restore work for Slack?
Messages and channels are restored as new copies; nothing existing is overwritten. A message is posted again in its channel with its thread replies and files. A channel comes back as a new channel (named after the original, with "_restored_" and the date) with its messages and thread replies. Files can't be restored on their own: they come back with their message.
Does ProBackup back up my older Slack history?
It depends on when ProBackup was first installed on your workspace. Since 29 May 2025, Slack lets apps outside its Marketplace read only 15 messages per request, once a minute. For workspaces connected since then, ProBackup keeps the latest messages already in each channel and every new message from the day you connect. Workspaces connected before that date were backed up with their full history.
How safe is my data?
The backups and the access tokens are secured with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) using a 256-bit encryption key. Applying the best practices of encryption methods, we use a different initialisation vector for every record, meaning it is virtually impossible to extract the data via reverse engineering.
Do I need a license for each team member?
No, you only need one ProBackup license to back up your team's data. The pricing model is not based on the number of seats – instead you pay to back up your own account and the connected accounts.
Can I build this myself?
You can. With an AI coding tool, a script that exports your data every night is a weekend project. The hard part comes after that: keeping it working when the app's API changes, storing the copies encrypted and away from the app, noticing when a run quietly misses data, and restoring, which means rebuilding records with their comments, files and links in the right place without overwriting today's work. ProBackup does that for 20+ apps. It keeps a version of every record each day it changes, emails you when a backup stops running, checks the APIs of its largest integrations against known-good responses every week, is SOC 2 Type II audited, and lets you browse any day and restore it.
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