Notion has officially launched an optional, rebuilt sidebar designed to provide a smoother and more organised way to navigate your workspace content and threads.

The new layout introduces a cleaner, tabbed interface at the top of the sidebar, creating a dedicated space for high-frequency areas like Home, Search, and Inbox. This change reduces the density of the main sidebar list, making it much easier to focus on your pinned pages and teamspaces without getting lost in administrative noise. Because this is currently an opt-in experience, teams have the freedom to test the new navigation flow and update their internal documentation before the segmented model becomes the workspace standard.

You can try the new look by clicking on your workspace name in the top left.