Save and pin messages
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You have two ways to mark a post to make it easy to find later:
- Saving a message saves it for only you.
- Pinning a message marks it for an entire channel.
Save messages¶
Save messages for later follow up by selecting the Save <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/bookmark-outline_F00C3.svg')} alt="Save icon." className="theme-icon" /> icon next to a message.
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.
Long press a message, and then select Save.
To see all of your saved messages, tap the Save <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/bookmark-outline_F00C3.svg')} alt="Save icon." className="theme-icon" /> icon at the bottom of the app.
Remove an item from your Saved Messages list by long pressing a message and selecting Unsave.
Alternatively, you can also tap on the saved message in a channel and then tap the <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/bookmark_F00C0.svg')} alt="Saved icon." className="theme-icon" /> icon below it to unsave.
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 <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/pin-outline_F0931.svg')} alt="Pin icon used to indicate when there are pinned messages in a given channel." /> icon is hidden when no messages are pinned.
- Hover over the message that you want to pin. The More <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/dots-horizontal_F01D8.svg')} alt="Use the More icon to access additional message options." className="theme-icon" /> icon link appears.
- Select the More option, then select Pin to channel.
Pinned messages are marked with the pinned icon. For example:
To see all pinned messages in a channel, select the Pinned posts icon in the channel header.
The right-hand sidebar opens to show the list of pinned messages. For example:
To unpin a message:
- Mouse over the message that you want to unpin. The More <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/dots-horizontal_F01D8.svg')} alt="Use the More icon to access additional message options." className="theme-icon" /> icon link appears.
- Select the More icon, then select Unpin from channel
Long press a message, and then select Pin to Channel.
To see all of your pinned messages in a channel:
- Tap the channel whose pinned messages you want to review.
- Tap the More <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/dots-vertical_F01D9.svg')} alt="Use the More icon in the top left corner to access Mattermost desktop apps customization settings." className="theme-icon" /> icon located in the top right corner of the app.
- Tap View Info.
- Tap Pinned Messages.
Remove an item from your Pinned Messages list by long pressing a message and selecting Unpin from Channel.
Alternatively, you can long press on a pinned message in the channel and then tap on Unpin from Channel to unpin it.