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What is Global Navigation?

Your workflow converges in Global Navigation. Use Global Navigation to open your communication, collaboration, and organizational features from anywhere in ClickUp. 

Global Navigation is new for ClickUp 4.0. If you're using ClickUp 3.0, most of the features in your Global Navigation are accessible from the Sidebar.

Global Navigation is available on all plans. Your Global Navigation and Home Sidebar feature availability depends on user role. Learn more

Access your Global Navigation 

From Global Navigation, you can open the Hierarchy, sidebars for features like AI and Chat, and the App Center right alongside the rest of your work. 

Global Navigation is the vertical bar on the left side of your Workspace. It remains open from anywhere in ClickUp. 

Screenshot of the Global Navigation with AI highlighted.png

Your Home Sidebar

Your Home Sidebar is the center of activity where all of your work converges. Your Home Sidebar contains Inbox notifications, Chat, assigned comments, the Hierarchy and views, and your favorites. 

When you log in to your Workspace, Home is selected in your Global Navigation by default. Home cannot be unpinned.

Learn more about your Home Sidebar. 

The More menu

Click the More menu to use features or pin them to your Global Navigation. Your Global Navigation's More menu also includes Hubs and the App Center.

To open the More menu:

  1. In your Global Navigation, click More.
    Screenshot of the Global Navigation highlighting the More menu.png
  2. Select a feature to use it. Or, pin it to your Global Navigation.

Pin and unpin Global Navigation features

These features are pinned to your Global Navigation by default and cannot be unpinned:

When you're active in a feature, its icon is visible in your Global Navigation. Otherwise, the icon is hidden. When you pin icons to your Global Navigation, they are pinned only in your Workspace. Every user can customize their own Global Navigation. 

When a feature is pinned, you can hover over it to see a preview of its sidebar. Pinned features are only visible in your personal Workspace. If you have more than one Workspace, you'll see your pinned features in all of them. 

To pin hidden icons to your Global Navigation:

  1. In your Global Navigation, select More. 
  2. In the More menu, hover over a feature and click the pin icon. 
    Screenshot of the More menu selected and the cursor hovering over the pin icon.png

To unpin visible features from your Global Navigation:

  1. In your Global Navigation, right-click the feature.
  2. From the right-click menu, select Unpin.
    • From the right-click menu, you can also copy the location's link.

Customize your Global Navigation

Learn how to customize your Global Navigation using the Customize menu.

Global Navigation features

You'll need to click More to use most of these features or to pin them. 

These items can be pinned, unpinned, or opened from your Global Navigation:

Feature Description Settings
Spaces Sidebar

Open the Spaces Sidebar to see your Spaces, Folders, Lists, and tasks. 

If these items are saved in the Hierarchy, you'll also see them in the Spaces Sidebar:

Space, Folder, and List settings

Task settings

Chat 

You'll need to activate the Chat ClickApp to see the Chat features and settings.

 See all of your Chat messages. Filter by Unread, DMs, or Channels.

Direct messages settings

Channels settings

Planner

Formerly Personal Calendar

Open the Planner to join and create calendar events and block time for tasks.

 Planner sidebar settings
AI

Open the AI Hub to create and manage Super Agents and use Brain Assistant.

 AI Hub
Teams Open the Teams Hub to manage the Teams in your organization. Teams Hub sidebar settings
Docs Open the Docs Hub to manage the Docs in your Workspace. Docs Hub sidebar settings
Dashboards Open the Dashboards Hub  to manage the Dashboards in your Workspace. Dashboards Hub sidebar settings
Whiteboards Open the Whiteboards Hub to manage the Whiteboards in your Workspace. Whiteboards Hub sidebar settings
Forms Open the Forms Hub to manage the Forms in your Workspace. Forms Hub sidebar settings
Clips Open the Clips Hub to manage the Clips in your Workspace. Clips Hub sidebar settings
Goals Open the Goals Hub to organize and create Goals. Learn more about Goals. 
Timesheets Open Timesheets Hub to view, track, and review time tracked on tasks. Learn more about Timesheets. 

Change your Global Navigation's appearance 

By default, your Global Navigation icons have labels. You can choose to display icons without labels. 

To display icons only or switch back to icons with labels:

  • In the Navigation tab's Appearance section, select Icons only or Icons & Labels.

    Screenshot showing the Global Navigation icons without labels.png

Invite

At the bottom of your Global Navigation, there's an Invite button. Learn how to invite people to your Workspace from your Global Navigation.