Show, hide, or pin a team or channel in Microsoft Teams

Show a team or channel

When you join a new team, it's automatically shown in your teams list. If you're a member of a team but you don't see it, do the following: 

1. On the left side of Teams, scroll to the bottom of your teams list, and select Hidden teams.

2. Locate the team you're looking for.

3. Select More options > Show .

Hide a team or channel

If you don't want a team or channel to show in your teams list, hide it. This is a great way to clean up your list and focus on the teams and channels you're active in.

Go to a team or channel name and select More options  and then select Hide  .  Once hidden, you'll still receive @Mentions and @Tag notifications.

You can also hide and show channels. To view hidden channels, select See all channels.  They are listed as hidden channels.

To add them to your view, hover over the channel to select More options  then click Show  on the right. This will add the channel to the shown channels list. 

Pin or unpin a channel

Pinned channels stay at the top of the list so you don’t have to hunt them down.

To pin a channel, go to a channel name and hover over the upper-right hand corner to select More options . Then click Pin  to ensure the channel stays at the top of your list.

If you change your mind, just select More options  again and click Unpin .

Pin or unpin a channel post

Go to the channel post you want to pin and select More options > Pin . After you are asked to confirm, select Pin again to pin the post. It will now appear in the channel's Channel details pane.

Unpin a post by again selecting More options  then, click Unpin . 

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