---
title: "Create and switch workspaces"
description: "Create a workspace, switch to it, and change its name or shortcut order."
updated: "2026-10-10"
canonical: https://docs.recordstead.app/workspaces/create-and-switch
---

# Create and switch workspaces

Recordstead starts with **Personal**. Each additional workspace keeps its own
meetings, people, Dictionary terms and templates. [See what stays shared](https://docs.recordstead.app/workspaces/what-a-workspace-separates).

## Create a workspace

1. Click the current workspace at the top of the main window’s sidebar and choose
   **New Workspace…**.
2. Enter a **Name**, choose a **Color**, then click **Create Workspace**.

Recordstead switches to the new workspace. Names need at least one non-space
character; two workspaces may have the same name, so choose distinct colors.

## Switch between them

Choose a workspace from the sidebar control, the **Workspace** menu, or the
menu-bar panel. You can also press ⌥⌘1 through ⌥⌘9. A shortcut follows the
workspace’s position in the list; workspaces after the ninth have no shortcut.

In the menu-bar panel, scroll the workspace list if it does not all fit. Hover
over a shortened name to see the full name.

Switching does not move a recording already in progress. [Send the current
recording elsewhere](https://docs.recordstead.app/workspaces/what-a-workspace-separates#send-the-call-you-are-on-somewhere-else)
if it started in the wrong workspace.

## Rename one, or change the order

Choose **Manage Workspaces** from the sidebar’s workspace control. Drag rows to
reassign their ⌥⌘ shortcuts. To change a name or color, double-click the
workspace, or select it and choose **Rename…** from the ⋯ menu under the list,
then click **Save**.

## Related

- [Move a finished meeting to another workspace](https://docs.recordstead.app/meetings/move-to-workspace)
- [Delete a workspace](https://docs.recordstead.app/workspaces/delete-a-workspace)