Help with Slash.

Install Slash.

1. Open the file Slash-1.0.0.dmg from your Downloads folder.
2. Drag Slash onto the Applications folder in the window that opens.
3. Open Slash from Applications. macOS says the app was downloaded from the internet and that Apple checked it for malicious software. Choose Open.
4. Give Slash the Accessibility permission (next section).

Slash has no window of its own. It lives in the menu bar: look for the small slash icon at the top right of your screen. To start Slash every time you log in, open that icon and choose Open at Login.

Slash needs macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. It runs on Macs with Apple silicon and on Intel Macs.

The Accessibility permission.

Slash asks for one permission: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility > Slash. macOS requires it for every app that reacts to keys typed in other apps and types text into them. Slash uses it for two things: to notice when you type the trigger, and to put the emoji you chose into your text.

Slash starts working as soon as the switch is on. You do not need to restart it. Slash has no network code, so nothing you type can leave your Mac through Slash. The Privacy Policy says exactly what is stored.

Use the picker.

1. Put the text cursor in any text field.
2. Type // quickly, or hold ⌥ (Option) and press /.
3. Type a name, for example heart, lol or thumbsup. Or move with the arrow keys.
4. Press Enter. The emoji is in your text.

You can also click an emoji, a star, or a category icon. The full list of names is on the emoji names page.

Change the trigger or the shortcut.

Open the Slash icon in the menu bar and choose Settings…. There are two ways to open the picker, and you can change or turn off each one.

• Typed trigger (at first //): one or two characters that you type quickly. For example ;;, ::, ,, or one :. One letter or one digit alone is not allowed, because the picker would open at the start of every word. Empty the box to turn the typed trigger off.
• Keyboard shortcut (at first ⌥/): click the button, then press a key together with ⌘, ⌃ or ⌥. While it records, Esc cancels and ⌫ turns the shortcut off.

Reset to // and ⌥/ brings back the first settings. Changes work at once.

Turn Slash off for one app.

Bring the app to the front, open the Slash icon in the menu bar and click Use // in App. The check mark shows if the typed trigger is on for that app. The keyboard shortcut still works there.

In code editors and terminals (Xcode, VS Code, Cursor, Terminal, iTerm, Warp, Ghostty, JetBrains editors, Sublime Text, Zed and others) the typed trigger is off at first, because // starts a comment in code. You can switch it on in the same menu. Pause turns the whole picker off until you switch it on again.

Remove Slash.

1. Open the Slash icon in the menu bar and choose Quit Slash. If Open at Login has a check mark, click it first to remove it.
2. Drag Slash from Applications to the Trash.
3. Optional: in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility, select Slash and press the minus button.

Slash keeps its small settings file (favorites, usage counts, your choices) in the standard macOS place for app settings. To delete it too, run this in Terminal: defaults delete com.archil.slash

Problems and answers.

Contact.

Write to support@tryslashapp.online. Say which Mac and macOS version you have and which app you were typing in. We answer in English, usually within two working days. For a refund, see the Refund Policy.