Make a required view

Keep your team aligned on how they visualize work with required views. Set up an important filtered view once, and keep everyone aligned on how they view and approach work.

What are required views?

Required views cannot be deleted from the Views Bar

List view is the only required view for Spaces, Folders, and Lists. You can choose to add other required views for each of your Spaces. You can even customize how those views are built each time they're created. 

Make a required view

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When you create a Space, you can make a view required. You can also edit the required views for any existing Spaces. By default List view is a required view and can't be edited. 

You can also select a default view. Use default views to run team meeting agendas or share information with executives or team leaders.

To make a view required:

  1. Click the ellipsis ... next to a Space.
    • In ClickUp 4.0: Choose More and then All Space settings.
    • In ClickUp 3.0: Choose Space settings and then All Space settings.
  2. From the Edit Space settings modal, select Default views.
  3. In the Default settings for views modal, ensure you're in the Required views tab.
  4. Click the toggle next to one or more views, then click Done.
    Screenshot of the Default settings for views modal. The List, Calendar, and Board view toggles are on. The cursor is on the Table view toggle. An arrow points to the Done button..png
  5. In the Edit Space settings modal, click Save changes