How to Customize Your Dashboard in Linear

Quick summary

This tutorial walks you through customizing your dashboard in Linear by creating custom views, applying filters, and managing project visibility for faster, more focused team workflows. Linear's flexible dashboard lets engineering and product teams surface exactly the work that matters, reducing noise and improving project tracking efficiency.

Steps

1. Select a team to set the context for your dashboard customization.
2. Click 'Projects' in the sidebar to open the projects section.
3. Create a new view by clicking '+ New view'.
4. Add a view title and description to identify your custom view.
5. Click 'Save' to save your new view.
6. In the project view, apply filters to focus on specific projects, assignees, or labels.
7. Adjust the grouping and sorting options to organize your view.
8. Click 'Save' to save your filtered view for quick access later.
9. Click 'Save to this view' to persist your current filter and sort settings.
10. Pin important projects for quick access from the sidebar.
11. Click the 'Timeline' view to adjust deadlines and dependencies visually.
12. Enable or disable email and push notifications to maintain a cleaner workflow.