# Workspaces

Section: Start here
Plan: Free
Works in: Chrome, Web, Phone, Desktop
Updated: 2026-11-14
Page: https://leafnotes.co/guide/notepads

**Answer:** Workspaces keep separate sets of notes and labels. Switch with the name beside the Leaf logo, and give each one an emoji to tell them apart.

Leaf used to call these notepads. Only the name changed: your notes, labels and links stay as they were.

## Switch workspaces

Click the workspace's name beside the logo (like **My Workspace**) and pick another.

## Make a workspace

Open the workspace list beside the logo and choose **New workspace**. Name it and press **Create workspace** (or Enter). It opens straight away, its emoji beside the logo where you'll find it again, ready for its first note.

Beside the name is its emoji. Once you've typed a name it suggests one, like ✈️ for "Trip to Lisbon" (📒 when nothing fits). Click it to pick another.

## Give a workspace an emoji

1. Open the workspace list beside the logo.
2. Point at a workspace: a faint face shows where its emoji goes. Click it (or the emoji, to change one).
3. Search or pick one. People emoji take the skin tone chosen at the bottom.

The emoji shows before the workspace's name, beside the logo and in the list. To take it off, choose **Remove emoji** at the top of the picker. Removing an emoji never touches the workspace or its notes.

[Screenshot: The emoji picker open for My Workspace, with search, groups and skin tones]

Each computer draws emoji in its own style (Apple's on a Mac, Microsoft's on Windows), so the same emoji can look a little different from one to the next. Windows doesn't draw country flags, so the picker leaves them out there.

## Free vs Pro

| | Free | Leaf Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Switch and delete workspaces | Yes | Yes |
| Rename My Workspace | Yes | Yes |
| Make new workspaces | No | Yes |
| Rename other workspaces | No | Yes |
| Emoji on My Workspace | Yes | Yes |
| Emoji on other workspaces | No | Yes |

## Delete a workspace

Go to **Settings > General > Delete this workspace**. My Workspace can't be deleted.