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Pin a channel

Pinning a channel moves it to the Pinned section at the top of your channels list in the left sidebar. You can pin the channels you pay close attention to, which is especially handy if you are subscribed to a large number of channels.

Pin a channel

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Hover over a channel in the left sidebar.

  2. Click on the ellipsis ().

  3. Click Pin channel to top.

Access this feature by following the web app instructions in your mobile device browser.

Implementation of this feature in the mobile app is tracked on GitHub. If you're interested in this feature, please react to the issue's description with 👍.

Unpin a channel

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Hover over a channel in the left sidebar.

  2. Click on the ellipsis ().

  3. Click Unpin channel from top.

Access this feature by following the web app instructions in your mobile device browser.

Implementation of this feature in the mobile app is tracked on GitHub. If you're interested in this feature, please react to the issue's description with 👍.

Alternate method to pin or unpin a channel

  • Desktop/Web

  1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.

  2. Select Channel settings.

  3. Select a channel.

  4. Select the Personal tab on the right.

  5. Under Personal settings, toggle Pin channel to top of left sidebar.

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