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Logo to Slack Workspace Icon: Make a 512×512 in One Drag

Turn your logo into a 512×512 Slack workspace icon in seconds — squares only, on-device, nothing uploaded. The exact size Slack wants, and how to make it.

Logo to Slack Workspace Icon: Make a 512×512 in One Drag

You've got a logo file open and Slack is asking for a workspace icon. The spec is short: a square PNG, at least 512×512 pixels. That's the whole requirement — Slack rounds the corners itself and scales the display size down wherever the icon appears.

Autocropper makes exactly that from your logo, in your browser, with nothing uploaded to a server. Drag your logo in, take the 512px square, done.

Drop your logo into the tool at the top of this page →

What Slack needs

RequirementValue
ShapeSquare (1:1)
Minimum size512×512 px
FormatPNG (or JPG)
How it's shownRounded square in the sidebar and workspace switcher

Upload a full square — don't pre-round the corners, Slack applies the mask. Anything square and 512px or larger is fine; 512 is just the reliable floor.

Make it from your logo in three steps

  1. Drop your logo in. The tool finds the mark and trims the dead space around it, so a logo with lots of padding still fills the square instead of sitting tiny in the middle.
  2. Take the 512px size. Pick the 512 square from the size ladder. Each size is downscaled with Lanczos-4 resampling, so the edges stay clean rather than turning to mush the way a plain browser resize does.
  3. Download. Grab the single 512px PNG, or the ZIP if you also want favicon and app-icon sizes from the same logo in one pass.

The transparency catch

Autocropper outputs a transparent PNG. That's the right default for most icons, but Slack shows your workspace icon on a colored sidebar — so a transparent icon lets that background show through and can look see-through or washed out.

Before you upload to Slack, flatten your icon onto a solid background — your brand color, or a clean white or dark square. Any image editor does this in a few seconds, or start from a version of your logo that already sits on a solid square. (A one-tap background fill is on our list; it isn't in the tool yet, so this is a manual step for now.)

Two other honest limits worth knowing: the tool works on logos and graphic marks on flat backgrounds, not photographs, and it produces squares only — which is exactly what Slack wants here, but not what you'd use for a banner or header.

Do it now

Drag your logo into the tool at the top of this page and take the 512px PNG. The free tier handles 5 logos a day with every preset size and a ZIP export — plenty for a one-off Slack icon. If you're setting up icons across a batch of brands, or you need a size that isn't in the preset ladder, Pro (5 CHF/month) drops the daily limit and adds custom sizes.

Bottom line

Slack wants a 512×512 square. Autocropper turns your logo into that in one drag, on-device, with clean edges. Flatten it onto a solid background so it reads on the sidebar, and drop it into your workspace settings.

FAQ

What size is a Slack workspace icon? 512×512 pixels, square, PNG. Larger square images work too — 512 is the minimum Slack asks for.

Can a Slack icon be transparent? It can, but it's a bad idea: Slack shows it on a colored sidebar, so a transparent icon shows the background through it. Flatten your logo onto a solid background first.

Does Slack accept icons larger than 512×512? Yes, as long as they're square. Slack scales the display down, so a 512px (or larger) square covers every place the icon appears.

Do I need to round the corners myself? No. Upload a full square — Slack applies the rounded-square mask for you.

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