Chatter Tab Overview

The Chatter tab gives you instant access to most of the collaboration features in Chatter.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Group, Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, Developer, and Contact Manager Editions

From the Chatter tab you can:

  • Post content that’s shared with people who follow you, or comment on someone else’s post.
  • Like posts or comments to show your support.
  • Share a post to your profile or to a group. Send a link to the post to other Chatter users in an email or instant message.
  • View, filter, and sort your feed to view posts from the people and records that you follow and the groups that you’re a member of. View, filter, and sort posts that mention you, that you bookmarked, or all posts from your company.
  • Search the feed for information in posts and comments on the Chatter tab.
  • Bookmark a post and track future comments on the post, or remember to follow up.
  • Add topics to a post—categorize the post and give it more visibility.
  • Access your people, groups, files, and topics lists.
  • View or update your profile information.
  • Read or send private messages that are visible only to certain people.
  • Access your favorites to see the latest posts and comments for your favorite topics, list views, and Chatter feed searches.
  • View your recommendations for people, groups, files, and records that closely relate to your job and interests.
  • View trending topics that people are discussing in Chatter right now.
  • Invite people to join your Chatter network, even though they don't have Salesforce licenses to use Chatter.