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Notes 101: How to Pin Important Notes to the Top of Folders

Jan 26, 2018 12:13 AM
Jan 26, 2018 12:20 AM
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If the Notes app on your iPhone is anything like mine, it's a mess. Even with the addition of folders, adding note after note can really clutter things up. You need a way to quickly identify the notes that are most important, and that's where pinning comes in.

Pinning the notes you want to keep track of is easy — you just might want to do it right away to avoid losing them in a sea of lost thoughts and to-dos. Let's say you just wrote an important note or you have an existing note you know you want readily accessible. You can pin that note in one of two ways:

Locate the note you want to pin, then quickly long-swipe it from left to right and release. If you did it right, the note will automatically be pinned to the top of the folder. If you swipe it from left to right slowly and let go, an orange pin icon will appear on the left, and you can then tap on that.

My Notes app displaying reminders and plans for the week.
My Notes app with a list of reminders and tasks.
My Notes app displaying reminders and plans for the week.
My Notes app with a list of reminders and tasks.

Alternatively, on iPhones that support 3D Touch, you can soft-press to "peek" at the note, then quickly swipe up without releasing your finger to access a menu of options. Tap on "Pin Note," and it will be pinned to the top of the folder you're in.

To-do list with tasks: Get the hat, Fold sweater, Unwind, Clear warning, Catch up on "The Crown."
Notes 101: How to Pin Important Notes to the Top of Folders
To-do list with tasks: Get the hat, Fold sweater, Unwind, Clear warning, Catch up on "The Crown."
Notes 101: How to Pin Important Notes to the Top of Folders

Once pinned, notes have their own subtle Pinned section up top, separated from all the other notes below. This section will appear in the folder those pinned notes are contained in, as well as in the "All [Account Name]" folder, which contains all notes connected to a specific account (iCloud, Gmail, On My iPhone, etc.).

To unpin, simply perform any of the above actions. Swiping fast will unpin immediately, swiping slow will give you the unpin button, and using 3D Touch will replace the "Pin Note" option with "Unpin." If you unpin all pinned notes, the Pinned section will disappear.

Screenshot of a mobile notes app displaying various reminders and tasks.
Notes 101: How to Pin Important Notes to the Top of Folders
Screenshot of a mobile notes app displaying various reminders and tasks.
Notes 101: How to Pin Important Notes to the Top of Folders

Cover image and screenshots by Jake Peterson/Gadget Hacks

The next big software update for iPhone is coming sometime in April and will include a Food section in Apple News+, an easy-to-miss new Ambient Music app, Priority Notifications thanks to Apple Intelligence, and updates to apps like Mail, Photos, Podcasts, and Safari. See what else is coming to your iPhone with the iOS 18.4 update.

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