Can I disable Slackbot without kicking it from channel

I am frustrated with Slackbot's app suggestions. The most irritating part is that it keeps suggesting me apps even though it knows (it suppose to know) that I cannot install them. And each time I click "Yes", I am smashed with not-enough-privileges error.

I cannot kick it off because:

I don't have proper privileges for public channels,
I think it is impossible to kick it off / stop it from talking in private chats / direct messages.

Can I somehow disable these suggestions without kicking it off? Can I somehow have Slack without Slackbot?

Solution

I'm afraid, not. That's the reason people have gone ahead to create things like Slackbot-destroyer.

You can put a curtain on some noise, though. In Slack preferences, go to Advanced and uncheck the boxes next to Send me occasional channel suggestions via Slackbot and Send me occasional surveys via Slackbot. I don't think these are enough, though. They should have an option to turn it entirely off.

From a recent twitter conversation.