Ability to hide top navigation items in Cowork left sidebar

Feature request

Allow users to hide the top navigation items (Home, New, Projects, Artifacts, Scheduled, Dispatch, Customize) and the Scheduled/Projects sections in the Cowork left sidebar, so only Pinned chats and folders remain visible.

Use case

Heavy Cowork users who work primarily from a curated set of pinned chats and folders don't need the top nav items visible - they cause visual noise and force scrolling to reach Pinned. Collapsing the entire sidebar (Cmd+\\) hides everything including Pinned, which is not what we want.

Proposed solutions

• Settings toggle: "Compact sidebar (hide top navigation)"
• OR: right-click context menu on nav items with "Hide from sidebar" (still accessible via Cmd+K or shortcuts)
• OR: user-configurable section list where each block (Home, Projects, Artifacts, Scheduled, Dispatch, Customize, Pinned) can be toggled independently

Environment

• Claude Desktop / Cowork on macOS
• Latest version as of 2026-08

Happy to help test if useful.