How to Organize Your Pinterest Boards (2024)

by heather 60 Comments

How to Organize Your Pinterest BoardsAlphabetically! Pinterest Tips – You won’t believe how easy it is!

It’s time for a handy Pinterest Tipfor all of you Pinterest lovers!

Are you a new Pinterest user? Never rearranged your Pinterest boards before? Yes you can move and rearrange them!

Here are some helpful tips on how to move your Pinterest boards to alphabetize them according to the titles you’ve given each board!

How toorganize yourPinterest boards:

** Update: After this post was written Pinterest had disabled the ability to organize Pinterest boards…… but THEY NOW HAVE IT AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! Hurray – this is so exciting!**

Read on to learn how to organize your Pinterest boards in 4 different ways!

I’d love for you to follow me on Pinterest – you’ll find lots of inspirational home decor, DIY projects, gardening and entertaining ideas to save and repin!

Now you can click the Sort boards button to arrange your boards by:

Alphabetical order
Most recently saved to
Board creation date (newest or oldest)
Custom order (drag and drop to arrange them)

These features are have rolled out now on pinterest.com so you can go to your desktop computer and arrange your boards right now, and they are rolling out as we speak in their apps for iOS (version 6.44) and Android (version 6.52).

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Did you know you can rearrange your boards and place them in order alphabetically?

Why would you want to alphabetize your Pinterest boards?

– makes it easier to pin because boards are all alphabetized

– easier to use when you need a board for a project

This is how you can easily rearrange your Pinterest boards!:

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Paula@SweetPea says
December 29, 2012 at 1:06 pm

Thanks for hosting!
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- Heather SettingforFour says
  December 29, 2012 at 3:27 pm
  
  Thanks so much for linking up Paula!!
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Cynthia Landrie says
December 29, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Thanks for hosting. I am now following all of you and look forward to seeing all of your boards!
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- Heather SettingforFour says
  December 29, 2012 at 3:41 pm
  
  Yay – thanks for sharing here Cynthia!!
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Tanya Payzant says
December 29, 2012 at 2:56 pm

Thanks so much, Heather. I’m following lots of new boards now! Happy New Year!
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- Heather SettingforFour says
  December 29, 2012 at 3:42 pm
  
  Thanks for linking up your Pinterest board Tanya!!
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Heather SettingforFour says
December 29, 2012 at 3:45 pm

I’m following everyone here – great Boards everyone!
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Ann from On Sutton Place says
December 29, 2012 at 4:44 pm

I’m following everyone but will come back later to see if more linked up. Happy Saturday and thanks for hosting!
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- Heather SettingforFour says
  December 30, 2012 at 12:48 am
  
  Thanks Ann for linking up!!
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Heather SettingforFour says
December 30, 2012 at 12:49 am
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I’m caught up again with everyone here that linked up!! Wow – great Pinterest boards everyone – so inspirational!!
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Laura says
December 30, 2012 at 2:31 am

Hi Heather-
Thank you so much for hosting. I just joined in-
Laura
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Denyse @ Crazy Beautiful Life says
December 30, 2012 at 3:40 am

Thanks for hosting, Heather!!
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TabbyAnn says
December 30, 2012 at 3:48 am

Thanks For Hosting! I followed everyone and am looking forward to seeing what everyone is pinning!
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Diana - FreeStyleMama says
December 30, 2012 at 4:10 am

Thanks for the party! I am following everyone!
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- Heather SettingforFour says
  December 30, 2012 at 5:42 am
  
  Followed you too Diana – great boards 😀
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mcasper10 says
December 30, 2012 at 4:41 am

My first linky party and I screwed up my image! Sorry!
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- Heather SettingforFour says
  December 30, 2012 at 5:42 am
  
  No worries!
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Lila says
January 2, 2014 at 9:01 pm

Thanks, Heather for the update on Pinterest moving Boards around. I don’t understand why there is not an alpha order board option on Pinterest. Is it me, or doesn’t that seem like a common sense setting to have? Thanks again, for ryour help.
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- Pegi says
  February 28, 2018 at 9:35 pm
  
  There is a sort for board. It is on your profile page at the bottom of the page on the left side. You click sort and then choose how you want to sort. I have mine alphabetized.
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Tracy Payne says
January 13, 2014 at 3:06 am

I’ve been doing this since I opened my account years ago. Damned OCD!!! Hahaha
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♥ Amy says
January 16, 2014 at 8:23 pm

Came over here from Pinterest and just wanted to add that I rearranged my boards recently and when I went back, only the first few were in place. When I checked up on the problem, I found that Pinterest recommends you refresh after a few changes so that it can keep up. I refreshed after every half dozen changes or so and it worked perfectly!
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Melody Gardner says
June 20, 2014 at 6:32 pm

I like the refresh idea. I tried once and just got a mess. Actually, I would like mine to be in divided areas. I desperately need sewing, cooking, and other interests in groups!
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- Juliette says
  August 17, 2016 at 5:48 pm
  
  Then you just put them together that way and not alphabetically. The only issue is that if you start a new board you have to drag it the the area where it’s ‘cousin’ boards are. Check out my boards and you will see that the recipes are first and then Catholic/inspiration, then a bunch of homeschooling boards (I think) and then home/craft boards and then others…..they work for my brain, but not for many other people’s!LOL! https://www.pinterest.com/hsmomforlife/
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  - heather says
    August 17, 2016 at 9:03 pm
    
    Thanks for your tips Juliette!
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  - Pegi says
    February 28, 2018 at 9:37 pm
    
    I just named mine eith a lead word so they are all together alphabetically.
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Lynne Asato says
July 27, 2014 at 12:31 am

Thanks for the directions on moving the boards.
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- heather says
  July 27, 2014 at 2:24 pm
  
  You are so welcome Lynne!!
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mama spins says
January 30, 2015 at 8:56 pm

How do you backup your pinterest boards?
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- heather says
  January 31, 2015 at 4:45 pm
  
  Hi Mama Spins! I’m not sure I know what you mean…..your Pinterest boards are saved within your Pinterest account so Pinterest manages them, you are not ‘saving them’ yourself, to your computer. Is that what you mean? I hope that helps! Thanks for visiting Setting for Four!
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Linda Porter says
February 1, 2015 at 3:34 pm

Is there a way to rearrange the boards on a IPad? No computer.
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- heather says
  February 4, 2015 at 9:53 am
  
  Hi Linda – not that I know of….you need to be able to right click with a mouse to move them!! Maybe you could go to a friend’s house that has a computer or your library to do it? Thanks for visiting!
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hollerinhoney says
April 28, 2015 at 12:58 pm

Why can’t I alphabetize all my boards? Some won’t move. Thanks
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- heather says
  April 30, 2015 at 10:26 pm
  
  I’m not sure why some won’t move – I haven’t had that happen, sorry! I hope you can figure it out!
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Jennifer says
May 13, 2015 at 9:06 pm

I just wanted to share that I find it so much easier to manually move my boards if I use the Control button and the mouse wheel together to make the screen images of the boards much smaller. I can then see more boards on a row and it is not so confusing when I try to move the boards (by resting the mouse on the board until you see a hand and then holding down the left mouse button – move and drop).
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- mrswilliam says
  September 16, 2015 at 1:17 pm
  
  Thank you soo much !! thank you for youR time and needed info,– 🙂
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  - heather says
    October 18, 2015 at 5:21 pm
    
    You’re welcome – glad my post has helped! 🙂
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mrswilliam says
September 16, 2015 at 1:14 pm

please help!! I so would like to organize my boards by topic ( I respect that most prefer to do it by alphabet) , I on the other hand need topic organizing. An example is all food item boards next to each other. Thank you, can you help me, mrswilliam —
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- heather says
  October 18, 2015 at 5:17 pm
  
  You’d just have to move them around into groups – such as all of your food boards all together. I hope that helps!
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Trish87109 says
October 22, 2015 at 11:58 pm

Do you have any tips for alphabetizing using the app for android?
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- heather says
  October 30, 2015 at 11:39 am
  
  Sorry – I’m not sure it can be done that way…..I do it on my laptop. If I find out a way to do it using the app I’ll post it!
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Elisa says
February 4, 2016 at 12:23 am

They used to have a button when you went to edit that said “rearrange all boards alphabetically?” and then it did them all for you. Any chance you found how to do it that way?? Thanks for the tips!
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- heather says
  February 9, 2016 at 7:29 am
  
  Hi Elisa – no there isn’t a button like that anymore! Wish they still had that! You’re welcome for the tips and thanks for visiting!
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Lois says
March 22, 2016 at 10:33 pm

It doesn’t work with an iPad as it has a touch pad, not a mouse. Any instructions to move them with the touch-pad?
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- heather says
  March 28, 2016 at 11:56 pm
  
  No I don’t use my iPad to move my boards Lois. Have a great day!
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Dianne says
April 28, 2016 at 12:29 am

Thank you so much! I didn’t know how to do this and it was irritating when it wasn’t in alphabetical order!
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- heather says
  April 29, 2016 at 4:35 pm
  
  You’re welcome Dianne! Glad it helped you out! 🙂
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Lu says
April 5, 2017 at 11:28 pm

I’m having problems when moving boards into alphabetic order. I have organized my Pinterest boards in alphabetical order for several years, with no problem. But recently when I try to organize my boards they’ll bounce back to where I was dragging them from. How can I make sure the board stays after releasing left click hold?
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- heather says
  April 6, 2017 at 9:22 am
  
  Hi Lu – it’s probably a glitch with Pinterest. Try in a couple of days to see if it works!
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  - Elaine Donaldson says
    August 6, 2017 at 8:36 pm
    
    No it does not make any difference how many times I do it the boards will not stay where I put them. Some instructions I found said to “refresh” the page but I cant find out how to do that. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    - heather says
      August 17, 2017 at 6:00 pm
      
      Pinterest recently changed things! Boards can’t be arranged. I’m hoping they fix it soon!
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      - Jamie says
        December 26, 2017 at 7:22 pm
        
        UGH! I’ve tried rearranging my boards a million times! Wasted so much time organizing them just to refresh the page and see all my hard work gone! SO frustrating!
      - heather says
        December 27, 2017 at 12:37 pm
        
        Yes Jamie I agree! Pinterest doesn’t allow us to organize our boards alphabetically anymore – it’s a new change they implemented!
Linda Chaves says
April 7, 2017 at 7:29 am

I also cannot change the boards, and I do not have the ‘Edit’ at the top of the Boards page, or anywhere. I have checked and this is the latest update for Mac. When I move the boards with the mouse, all they do is exchange positions, or pop back…I have read many posts which tell me to simply move them, but on my Mac this does not work. I am so frustrated!
Linda
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- heather says
  April 9, 2017 at 6:07 pm
  
  Hi Linda – Pinterest just recently changed things. It’s frustrating I agree!
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David Harms says
August 3, 2017 at 4:18 pm

I have a pinterest board for my old High School’s Football teams that I had arranged by year and when I went into it today they were all out of order. Can I rearrange them alphabetically without manually moving them all? How do I make it stay That way?
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- heather says
  August 5, 2017 at 4:29 pm
  
  Hi David – Pinterest just changed the way that boards appear in a person’s profile. There is no way to move them into the order you want right now. Wish we could order them!!
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JAN says
September 17, 2017 at 10:59 am

THANKS FOR SHARING
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- heather says
  September 17, 2017 at 12:38 pm
  
  You’re welcome!
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Brenda says
February 3, 2022 at 3:19 pm

There is noting that exists like that on my board!! I sure wish I could find a way to alphabetize them!! You would think that Pinterest would want to make things as easy as possible for those that use it, not make it more difficult!!
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