# The "un-pin" button is confusingly named such that it hides banner functionality

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**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [Juillet 26, 2016, 12:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-un-pin-button-is-confusingly-named-such-that-it-hides-banner-functionality/47790 "2016-07-26T00:25:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [Juillet 26, 2016, 1:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-un-pin-button-is-confusingly-named-such-that-it-hides-banner-functionality/47790/3 "2016-07-26T01:30:47Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> > [@barryvan](#):
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> > Turns out that if you click the “unpin” button for a topic, it doesn’t actually unpin it, but gives you the option to either unpin it or make it a banner topic.
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> No, this isn’t so.

I think he is referring to the admin menu/wrench. Which does what he describes on my sandbox running latest.

Clicking admin wrench produces

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/a/8ac8f36c336e03d27dc149bc7ec7e1e9eea5ac84.png)

Clicking unpin produces

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/f/4f8131f0a746ccf055258e3b921bf6f04b2eeee8.png)

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