--- title: "How to make a Pinterest secret board" description: "How to make a secret board on Pinterest, use sections to sort a swipe file, cut down the AI pins in your feed, and know when Pinterest stops being the right place." source: https://savepad.app/blog/pinterest-secret-board-swipe-file --- [Blog](https://savepad.app/blog) · 7 January 2026 # How to use Pinterest secret boards as a swipe file How to make a secret board on Pinterest, use sections to sort a swipe file, cut down the AI pins in your feed, and know when Pinterest stops being the right place. *A private board of saved ads and pages* **TLDR** - **New board:** switch on **Keep this board secret** when you create it. - **Existing board:** open it, three dots, **Edit board**, switch on **Keep this board secret**. - Use **sections** inside a board as your folders: Ads, Landing pages, Packaging, Type. - Fine for images. Bad for pages, emails, and anything you want to search by its words. ## Make a secret board **On the web:** 1. Click your profile picture, then the **+** (or **Create board**). 2. Name it, and switch on **Keep this board secret**. 3. Click **Create**. **In the app:** tap your profile, then **+**, then **Board**, and switch on **Make this board secret**. **For a board you already have:** open it, tap the three dots, **Edit board**, and switch it on. Secret boards don’t show on your profile or in search. Only you and collaborators you invite can see them. ## Sort it with sections Inside a board, add **sections** (open the board, **+**, **Section**). Treat them like folders: one board called **Swipe file** with sections for Ads, Landing pages, Social, Packaging, and Type. Pins can move between sections later. ## Save from anywhere Install the **Pinterest Save button** browser extension, or use the share sheet on your phone. Pinterest grabs an image from the page, so for a landing page, screenshot the part you want first and upload that. ## Fewer AI pins Your feed (and your search results) will be full of AI images. Pinterest labels some AI-generated pins and has a setting to see fewer of them in certain categories. It helps a bit. It doesn’t fix it. That’s most of what [Pinterest alternatives for designers sick of AI slop](https://savepad.app/blog/pinterest-alternatives) is about. ## Where it stops working - **Everything is an image.** The page’s copy, the font, the colours as hex codes, gone. - **No search inside pins.** You search pin titles and descriptions, and you never wrote any. - **Links die.** The image stays, the page it came from moves on. - **The feed is right there.** You open your swipe file to work and end up 40 pins deep into kitchen renovations. If that’s you, a dedicated swipe file keeps the page itself, its colours, its fonts, and the text in your screenshots. Savepad is free for 150 saves. [Pinterest alternatives](https://savepad.app/blog/pinterest-alternatives) has more options, and [the best swipe file tools](https://savepad.app/blog/best-swipe-file-tools) compares it with the rest, and the [design swipe file](https://savepad.app/blog/design-swipe-file) post has a setup for designers. *A mock coffee homepage for the fictional brand Northbrew* 0973 · northbrew.co · page *A specimen for the typeface Fraunces* 0170 · font · Fraunces *A mock mattress ad for the fictional brand Dozy* 0267 · ad · Dozy What a Pinterest swipe file board holds, kept in Savepad instead: the page, the type, and an ad, searchable by their words. ## FAQ ### How do I make a Pinterest board secret? When you create a board, switch on Keep this board secret. For an existing board, open it, tap the three dots, then Edit board, and switch it on there. ### Who can see a secret board on Pinterest? Only you and anyone you invite as a collaborator. Secret boards don't show on your profile or in search. ### Can I see fewer AI images on Pinterest? Pinterest labels some AI-generated pins and lets you see fewer of them in certain categories from your settings. It doesn't remove them completely. [Join the waitlist](https://savepad.app/#waitlist) ## Read these next - [How designers keep a swipe file without it becoming a Pinterest board: A design swipe file that stays useful: save whole pages, keep the fonts and colours, sort by what you'll need, and find things by colour and text.](https://savepad.app/blog/design-swipe-file) - [The best swipe file tools: Thirteen swipe file tools compared with real prices: who each is for, what it does better than the rest, which ones use AI, and which save more than ads.](https://savepad.app/blog/best-swipe-file-tools) - [Pinterest alternatives for designers sick of AI slop: Pinterest added AI labels and a see-fewer setting in 2025. If that's not enough, where to find human-made inspiration, and where to keep yours.](https://savepad.app/blog/pinterest-alternatives)