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Quickly remove your saved pins or boards you don't want anymore
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This wikiHow teaches you how to remove a pinned post or board from your Pinterest profile page.
How to Delete Pins on Pinterest
- Log in to your Pinterest account.
- Open your Pinterest profile.
- Scroll through your Pins to find the one you want to delete.
- Click on the ellipsis (...) icon and select Edit Pin.
- Select Delete from the menu to remove the pin.
Steps
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Open Pinterest. It's a red app with a white, stylized "P" on it. If you're logged into Pinterest, doing so will open the home page.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password, then tap Log In .
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Tap your profile icon. This is the person-shaped button in either the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android).Advertisement
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Tap a board to open it. You can remove pins from within your selected board.
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Tap and hold a pin. Doing so will prompt a cloud of options to appear.
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Drag your finger to the "Edit" icon. It's the pencil icon between the push-pin and paper-airplane icons. Then release your finger off the screen. The Edit menu will appear.
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Tap Delete . It's at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap Delete to confirm. You'll see this option pop-up at the bottom of the screen. Tapping it will remove the pin from your Pinterest page and return you to the board's main page.
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Open Pinterest. It's a red app with a white, stylized "P" on it. If you're logged into Pinterest, doing so will open the home page.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password, then tap Log In .
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Tap your profile icon. This is the person-shaped button in either the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the top-right corner of the screen (Android).
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Tap a board. This will open the board's main page, displaying all of its pins.
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Tap the "Edit" icon. It's the pencil icon at the top of the page above the board's name. The Edit menu will appear.
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Tap Delete board . It's at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap Delete to confirm. You'll see this option pop-up at the bottom of the screen. Tapping it will remove the board from your Pinterest page and return you to your main profile.
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Go to the Pinterest website. It's located at https://www.pinterest.com/ . If you're already logged into Pinterest, this will open your home page.
- If you aren't logged into Pinterest, click Log in in the top-right corner of the page, enter your username and password, and click Log in .
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Click the "Profile" icon. This is the person-shaped icon in the top-right corner of the page.
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Click a board. Doing so will open it, allowing you to view the specific pins inside.
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Hover your mouse cursor over a pin. You should see several icons appear at the top of the pin's card.
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Click the pencil icon. This is the "Edit" button; it's one of the icons at the top of the pin's card.
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Click Delete Pin . It's in the bottom-left corner of the "Edit" window.
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Click Delete pin when prompted. This will remove the pin from the board.
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Go to the Pinterest website. It's located at https://www.pinterest.com/ . If you're already logged into Pinterest, this will open your home page.
- If you aren't logged into Pinterest, click Log in in the top-right corner of the page, enter your username and password, and click Log in .
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Click the "Profile" icon. This is the person-shaped icon in the top-right corner of the page.
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Hover your mouse cursor over a board. You should see an Edit button appear in the bottom-right corner of the board's card.
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Click Edit . Doing so will open the board's "Edit" window.
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Click Delete board . It's in the bottom-left corner of the board's "Edit" window.
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Click Delete board when prompted. Doing so will remove the board and any pins in it from your profile.
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- You can also unfollow boards on Pinterest to remove them from the "Following" tab on your profile.Thanks
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Warnings
- Once you select Delete a second time, the pin or board you're removing will be gone for good--the only way you can "undo" this action is by re-pinning the item you deleted.Thanks
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