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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.

  1. Press and hold a channel until the long-press menu appears.

  2. Tap Pin to top.

If you are in a channel view, you can access the long-press menu from the bar at the top of the app.

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.

  1. Press and hold a channel until the long-press menu appears.

  2. Tap Unpin from top.

If you are in a channel view, you can access the long-press menu from the bar at the top of the app.

Alternate method to pin or unpin a channel

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  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.

  1. Press and hold a channel until the long-press menu appears.

  2. Tap Channel settings.

  3. Toggle Pinned.

If you are in a channel view, you can access the channel settings menu from the information (information) button in the top right corner of the app.

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