How can I create a word link in Slack?

By word link I mean a link which displays a word of my choice, and links to a URL independent of that word.

For instance, in SO it is achieved by typing the word in brackets and after that the link in parentheses, like this:
[foo](): foo

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2 Answers

Update 2020-02-24

Thank you newswim for pointing out this new feature.

See :

• Select text, then click the link icon in the formatting toolbar
• Select text, then press ⌘ShiftU on Mac or CtrlShiftU on Windows/Linux.

Copy the link you'd like to share and paste it in the empty field under Link, then click Save.

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This is not currently supported. See :

Share links

To share a link in Slack, just copy and paste the URL into the message field and send. Most links will automatically expand to show a preview of the web page. Here's an example from the desktop app:

Note: It’s not possible to hyperlink words in a Slack message.

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As answered by @wysiwyg, users are not allowed this ability.

On the other hand, applications are perfectly able to contribute hyperlinked text. For example: . That app produces hyperlinked text into the integrated channel regularly.