Somewhat related: in spite of this complexity, Slack desktop is missing options in closely related functionality. The only way to avoid a visible badge appearin

Somewhat related: in spite of this complexity, Slack desktop is missing options in closely related functionality. The only way to avoid a visible badge appearing on a slack workspace is to sign out entirely, which lands you in the tire fire of trying to reauthenticate to a slack. So you can silence notifications, but unless you're good at ignoring those little red dots, you'll still be distracted.