How to pin channels and star updates

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You can pin your favorite channels to the top of the list to find them quickly and easily.

Pin a channel

  1. Click the Channels tab.
  2. Hover over the channel you want to pin.
  3. Click
    open close menu
    > Pin channel.
If you are the admin of a channel, you can pin it to the top of your list for easy access. Find out how to create a WhatsApp channel.
Note:
  • You can pin two channels to the top of your channels list.
  • You can only pin channels you follow.

Unpin a channel

  1. Click the Channels tab.
  2. Hover over the channel you want to pin.
  3. Click
    open close menu
    > Unpin channel.

Star a channel update

You can star channel updates to save them for later.
  1. Hover over the update.
  2. Click
    open close menu
    > Star.
You must follow a channel to star its updates. When you unfollow a channel, your stars are removed from the channel’s updates.

Unstar a channel update

  1. Hover over the update.
  2. Click
    open close menu
    > Unstar.

View all starred updates in a channel

  1. Open the channel.
  2. Click the channel’s name.
  3. Click Starred.

View all starred items

  1. Click
    more
    .
  2. Click Starred.
Starred messages from chats will also appear in the Starred tab.

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