Keep your tabs organized the way you work. This guide covers how to sort chats into a tab, rename, reorder, hide, and change a tab's emoji.

Sort chats into a tab

Add chats in bulk

1. Click the three dots next to the tab you want to edit.

2. Select Sort chats into tab, or use the keyboard shortcut ⌘+Ctrl+L.

3. Select the chats you want to add. You can also search by name or phone number.

4. Click Save. The chats you selected now show in this tab.

Add a chat from the conversation

1. Open the chat and click the folder icon in the upper right corner, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+L.

2. Select the tab you want to add the chat to.

3. The tab's name appears next to the contact's name.

Remove chats from a tab

Open Sort chats into tab again, unselect the chats you want to remove, then click Save.

Rename a tab

You can rename any Custom Tab.

1. Click the three dots next to the tab and select Rename.

2. Type the new name and choose an icon.

3. Click Save. The new name shows in your tab bar.

Reorder tabs

You can reorder your tabs in two ways.

• In Tab Settings in the upper right corner, drag the three-line icon next to a tab to a new position.

• In the tab bar, drag a tab to a new position.

Hide or show a tab

1. Open Tab Settings in the upper right corner.

2. Click the eye icon next to a tab to hide it.

3. To show it again, click the crossed-out eye icon.

Change a tab's emoji

1. Open Tab Settings and click the pencil icon next to the tab.

2. Click the icon and choose a new one.

3. Click Save.

Show only emoji

In Tab Settings, turn on Display only emojis when applicable. Your contact list and conversations then show the tab's emoji instead of its name.

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Updated on: 05/11/2026