How do you pin and rename a chat in Claude?
Quick answer
Pinning keeps a Claude chat in its own section at the top of your chat list, and renaming replaces the automatic title with one you'll recognize. Both take two clicks from the chat's three-dot menu.
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Take the free module →Module 2 of the free Claude Jump Start course, about 7 minutes. No account needed.
Updated · By Robert Breen
Why it matters for a small business
After a few weeks, a sidebar full of automatically named chats is hard to search by eye. A chat that holds a good draft or a useful workflow is worth finding again. Pinning and renaming turn a pile of chats into a short list you can scan.
Neither one costs anything or needs a paid plan. The lesson notes that attaching files, follow-ups, pinning and renaming all work on the Free plan. If a chat becomes something you reuse often, the lesson's next step is Claude Projects, which keeps context across chats.
A useful naming habit is to put the customer or topic first and the task second, so a sorted or searched list groups related chats together. The lesson's example name, Carver patio fix, says who and what in three words. Rename a chat as soon as it turns out to be worth keeping, while you still remember what it was about.
In a real lesson: Your First Chat with Claude: Models, Files and a Great First Prompt
At the end of the first chat lesson, Claude has named the chat and listed it under Today in the sidebar. You click the three dots next to it, which appear on hover on the real site, and choose Pin.
Pinned chats get their own section at the top. You open the three-dot menu again, choose Rename, type Carver patio fix and press Enter.
Try this lesson free or read the step-by-step guide.
Common confusions
Pin vs star
In the lesson, pinned chats move to their own section at the top of the list. Use the labels you see in your own sidebar.
Rename vs delete
Renaming changes only the title. The conversation stays as it was.
Tips
- Name chats by client or task, such as the customer and the problem.
- Pin only the few chats you return to.
- Do not put a client's full name in a title if others can see your screen.
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Where you use it: free lessons
- Your First Chat with Claude: Models, Files and a Great First Prompt (Claude, 7 min)
- Claude Projects for Your Business: Instructions, Knowledge and Quotes (Claude, 8 min)
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the pin option?
- Click the three dots next to the chat in the sidebar, which show on hover on the real site, then choose Pin.
- Does pinning work on the Free plan?
- The lesson says attaching files, follow-ups, pinning and renaming all work on the Free plan.
- Should I use a Project instead?
- A Project keeps context across chats. Pinning just makes one chat easy to find.