Workspaces
The first step to using Linear is to create a workspace for your team.
Overview
A workspace is the home for all issues and interactions in an organization. We recommend organizations stay within a single workspace as this is the conceptual model we use when designing the product.
When a workspace is created, Linear automatically creates a default Team with the same name as the workspace.
Workspace Settings
To navigate to your workspace settings click your workspace name in the upper-left corner and select Settings.
Members will see settings relating to Issues, Projects and Features.
Admins or Owners will see an additional “Administration” section in their Workspace settings that is not viewable by members or guests.
From the Settings > Administration section, admins will be able to:
- Update a Workspace name and URL
- Manage login preferences
- Turn on/off third-party app review requirements (Enterprise feature)
- Set up Project Updates
- Turn on/off the Initiatives feature
- Add or remove members to the Workspace
- Import or export issues
- Change plans
- View or update billing information
Admins and Members will be able to:
- Create workspace-level labels
- Create custom project statuses
- Create workspace-level templates for issues, projects, and documents
- Apply SLA rules (paid feature)
- Customize Asks templates (paid feature)
- Add custom emojis
- Configure workspace-specific integrations like GitHub and GitLab, Slack, Figma, and Sentry. Integrations can be configured by anyone in your workspace as long as they have the required permissions from the integrated service.
Delete workspace
Deleting a workspace includes deleting user and issue data. Workspace owners / admins can start the process under Settings > Workspace > General.
We email the requesting admin a confirmation code. After they enter it, the workspace is scheduled for deletion in 48 hours and all admins are notified by email.
Any admin can cancel during the 48-hour window from the same settings page. Once it elapses, the workspace and all its data are permanently deleted.
Delete account
Deleting a workspace includes deleting the user account. If you are not the workspace admin, you can leave the workspace or ask an admin to suspend your account.
Multiple workspaces
You can create multiple workspaces in Linear under a single account (e.g. tied to a specific email). Each workspace will have distinct member lists and separate billing plans, even if you connect to them from the same account.
If you are using Linear for both work and personal purposes, we recommend you create multiple Linear accounts with separate email addresses.
To add a workspace from another email account:
- Click on your workspace name in the top left corner
- Hover over Switch workspace.
- Select Create or join a workspace.
- If you have other workspaces associated with your user account, you will see a list of those workspaces to select.
You can also switch workspaces by typing O then W.