How to Edit Your Boards on the Pinterest App for iPhone

Manage your Pinterest boards with the Pinterest app for iOS.
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The iPhone app for Pinterest enables you to pin photos you snap on the fly with your iPhone camera. You can also instantly add images from your iPhone camera roll with the app. However, one of the most useful features of the Pinterest app for iPhone is the ability to edit your boards and manage group board memberships from the app. Edit board attributes, leave group boards that you follow and remove members from group boards you own using the Pinterest iPhone app.

1 Edit a Board

2 Open the Pinterest app on the iPhone

Open the Pinterest app on the iPhone. The app opens to your Pinterest profile screen.

3 Tap the Boards ” tab

Tap the “Boards” tab, and then tap the board to edit. The Board Details screen opens.

4 To open the Board Settings menu

Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner of the Board Details screen to open the Board Settings menu.

5 Tap the Name ” field

Tap the “Name” field, and then type a new name for the board. Tap the “Description” field, and then type a new description for the board, if desired.

6 Tap the Board Cover ” option

Tap the “Board Cover” option, and then tap “Change Cover” to select another image for the board cover.

7 Tap the Make Board Secret option

Tap the “Make Board Secret” option to change a public board to private. Tap the “Make Board Visible” to change a private board to public.

8 Tap the Save button

Tap the “Save” button to save the edited settings.

9 Remove a Member or Leave a Group Board

10 Open the Pinterest app

Open the Pinterest app to view your Pinterest profile screen.

11 Tap the Boards ” option

Tap the “Boards” option, and then tap the board to change. The Board Details screen displays.

12 To open the Board Settings menu-2

Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner of the Board Details screen to open the Board Settings menu.

13 Tap

Tap the “Leave Board” option to remove your membership from the group board.

14 Tap Pin

Tap “Who Can Pin?” to open the board’s Members list.

15 Tap the Remove option

Tap the “Remove” option next to the entry for the member you want to remove. The member is removed from the board.

  • Information provided in this article applies to the iPhone 5 running the Pinterest app for iPhone, version 2.6.1 and higher. Instructions may vary slightly or significantly for other models of the iPhone or other versions of the app.
  • You can enable notifications for Pinterest iPhone app in the Account Settings menu to be alerted when followers and board members comment or post images.

Randall Blackburn has worked for several Fortune 1000 companies as a technical writer over the past seven years. He has produced a wide variety of technical documentation, including detailed programming specifications and research papers. Randall has also acquired several years' experience writing web content. Randall lives and works in Austin, TX.

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