Need to organize your thoughts or illustrate a process? Create a Whiteboard almost anywhere in your Workspace! 

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Create a Whiteboard

This article covers creating a new Whiteboard and saving it to a Workspace location. To learn how to transform your blank canvas, take a look at our Add items to a Whiteboard article. 

First, you need to choose where to create your Whiteboard. When you create a Whiteboard, it opens and automatically saves. The location the Whiteboard saves depends on where it was created. 

Find a Whiteboard

All Whiteboards are also saved in the Whiteboards Hub.

Take a look at the following table to see where Whiteboards are saved:

Using a /Slash Command

You can create a Whiteboard anywhere in ClickUp that accepts text. For example, your team uses Whiteboards for sprint planning. You can embed a Whiteboard into the description of each sprint planning task.

To create a Whiteboard using a /Slash Command:

1. From an open task, type /Whiteboard and select Create a Whiteboard. 
2. Type a name for the Whiteboard. 
3. Click Save.  

From the Whiteboards Hub

To create a Whiteboard from the Whiteboards Hub:

1. Open your Whiteboards Hub.
2. In the upper-right corner, click New Whiteboard.
3. Name the Whiteboard.
   • Whiteboards are available to everyone in your Workspace. To make your Whiteboard private:
   • In the upper-right corner, click Share. 
   • From the Share this whiteboard modal, click Make Private. 

From the create button

You can create Whiteboards from the create button in your Home Sidebar, Spaces Sidebar, and Whiteboards Hub Sidebar.

To create a Whiteboard:

1. In your Global Navigation, select Home, Spaces, or Whiteboards.
2. In the upper-right corner of the sidebar, click the plus icon.
3. Select Whiteboard.
   

From a Space, Folder, or List

A Whiteboard created from a Space, Folder, or List can be accessed from the Whiteboards Hub, the Home Sidebar, or the Spaces Sidebar. 

To create a Whiteboard in a Space, Folder, or List:

1. In your Global Navigation, click Home or Spaces.
2. Hover over a Space, Folder, or List.
3. Click the plus icon and select Whiteboard.
4. Choose a Whiteboard template or start from scratch.

From Chat

If the Chat ClickApp is activated in your Workspace, you can create a Whiteboard from a Chat message:

1. When drafting a message, click the New Whiteboard button.
   
2. Name the Whiteboard.
3. Press Return on Mac or Enter on PC.

Create a Whiteboard view

To create a Whiteboard view:

1. Open an Everything view, or a Space, Folder, or List.
2. Select + Add from the Views Bar.
3. Select Whiteboard.
4. Name the Whiteboard.
   You can also select the following options:
   • Private view: Whiteboards are available to everyone in your Workspace. Click to make your new Whiteboard private to you.
   • Pin view: Pin your Whiteboard to the top of your Workspace for easy access. 
5. Click Add Whiteboard.

From the location header

When you create a Whiteboard from the location header, it is saved in the current Space or Folder, or the current List's Space or Folder.

Create a Whiteboard from the location header

To create a Whiteboard from the location header: 

1. Right-click the current location name.
2. Hover over Create new and select Whiteboard.

From the toolbar

To create a Whiteboard from the toolbar:

1. From the toolbar, in the upper-right corner, click Create Task, then select Whiteboard. Or, in the upper-right corner, click your personal avatar and select Create Whiteboard from your Personal Tools.
2. Choose a Whiteboard template or start from scratch.