How to Pin Notes in Apple Notes App on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Nov. 7, 2020

Apple Notes has come a long way since its introduction. IniOS 14, the Notes app received further improvements. It now supports handwriting recognition, copy and pasting of handwritten notes, offers some cooliOS 14 widgets, and much more. Like this, Apple has released several features for the Notes app in the past that users don’t know. In this article, we are going to cover the note pinning feature that allows users to quickly access important notes. So, here is how you can pin notes in Apple Notes on iPhone and iPad.

Pin Notes in Apple Notes App on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Before we proceed with this guide, don’t forget to check our other guides on Apple notes where we have discussed features likelocking individual notes in Apple Notes,accessing notes from lock screen,sharing Notes app folders, and more.

With that out of the way, let’s get to our tutorial, shall we? There are multiple ways to pin notes in Apple Notes, and we will cover all of them below. So, launch the Apple Notes app, and let’s begin.

1. The easiest way to pin a note in Apple Note is byswiping from left-to-right on a note. You can either swipe the whole way to pin the note or swipe halfway and then tap on the pin icon.

2. You can also pin a note bytouching and holding a note(Haptic Touch) to open the context menu and selecting the “Pin Note” option.

3. To pin an open note,tap on the three-dot menu on the top-rightand then tap on the “Pin” button.

4. To pin a note on Mac,swipe left to right on the note with two-fingers. Just like on the iPhone, you can either swipe the whole way or stop mid way and then tap on the pin icon.

5. You can also pin a note by selecting it and thengoing to File -> Pin Note.

6. The final way to pin a note on Mac is byright-clicking on the note and choosing the Pin Note option.

As you can see, both iPhone (iPad) and Mac offer three different methods to pin a note. You can use any of the above methods that you remember to pin and unpin a note. For me, the easiest one to use and remember is swiping left to right on a note. Let me know your favorite method by writing in the comments below.