Save and pin messages#

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You have two ways to mark a post to make it easy to find later:

Save messages#

Save messages for later follow up by selecting the Save Save icon. icon next to a message.

Save messages for later follow up using the Save option.

To see all of your saved messages, select the Bookmark icon to the left of your profile picture. The right-hand sidebar opens to show the list of saved messages.

Remove an item from your Saved Posts list by selecting the Save icon next to message to clear it.

Remove saved messages by toggling the Save option.

Long press a message, and then select Save.

Tap and hold on a message in the channel to explore available options to save it.

To see all of your saved messages, tap the Save Save icon. icon at the bottom of the app.

Tap on Save icon at the bottom of the app to access the Saved Messages list.

Remove an item from your Saved Messages list by long pressing a message and selecting Unsave.

Tap and hold on a message in the saved messages list to explore available options to unsave it.

Alternatively, you can also tap on the saved message in a channel and then tap the Saved icon. icon below it to unsave.

Tap and hold on a saved message in the channel to explore available options to unsave it.

Pin messages#

All members of a channel can pin important or useful messages to that channel. The list of pinned messages is visible to all channel members. There is no limit to the number of pinned posts in a channel. From Mattermost v10.2, the Pinned Pin icon used to indicate when there are pinned messages in a given channel. icon is hidden when no messages are pinned.

  1. Hover over the message that you want to pin. The More Use the More icon to access additional message options. icon link appears.

  2. Select the More option, then select Pin to channel.

You can pin messages to make them easy to return to later.

Pinned messages are marked with the pinned icon. For example:

An example of a pinned message in a channel marked with a pin icon.

To see all pinned messages in a channel, select the Pinned posts icon in the channel header.

Open pinned messages in the right-hand sidebar.

The right-hand sidebar opens to show the list of pinned messages. For example:

Review the list of pinned messages.

To unpin a message:

  1. Mouse over the message that you want to unpin. The More Use the More icon to access additional message options. icon link appears.

  2. Select the More icon, then select Unpin from channel

You can unpin messages from a channel when they're no longer needed or become outdated.

Long press a message, and then select Pin to Channel.

Tap and hold on a message in the channel to explore available options to pin it.

To see all of your pinned messages in a channel:

  1. Tap the channel whose pinned messages you want to review.

Select a channel whose pinned messages you want to view.

  1. Tap the More Use the More icon in the top left corner to access Mattermost desktop apps customization settings. icon located in the top right corner of the app.

Tap on More options to access available options for the channel.

  1. Tap View Info.

Tap on View info to view additional information about the channel.

  1. Tap Pinned Messages.

Tap on Pinned Messages to view the list of pinned messages. View the specific pinned message you want to see from the list.

Remove an item from your Pinned Messages list by long pressing a message and selecting Unpin from Channel.

Tap and hold on a message in the pinned messages list to explore available options to unpin it.

Alternatively, you can long press on a pinned message in the channel and then tap on Unpin from Channel to unpin it.

Tap and hold on a pinned message in the channel to explore available options to unpin it.