# Move Teams back under 'Work' mode in the new sidebar **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Tags:** ui, teams, agentic-work-management\ **Created:** [28 July 2026 14:33 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931 "2026-07-28T14:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Naste\_Lekoski](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Naste\_Lekoski](https://forum.asana.com/u/Naste_Lekoski)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2026 14:33 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/1 "2026-07-28T14:33:39Z")
Moving **Teams** under **People** feels unintuitive and has disrupted our workflow. We don’t use Teams as a way to browse people—we use Teams to organise our work. Each Team represents a department and contains the projects we actively work on every day. Previously, Teams was the primary place we navigated to find projects. Now, having to go through **People** to access workspaces and projects doesn’t make sense conceptually. It feels like Teams has been categorised by _who_ belongs to them rather than _what_ they’re used for. In practice, Teams are a core part of how we organise and access work, not people. I’d encourage reconsidering this change, or at least giving users the option to keep Teams under **Work** or customise the navigation to match how their organisation uses Asana. ---
**Author:** ![Michele\_Dillon](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Michele\_Dillon](https://forum.asana.com/u/Michele_Dillon)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2026 17:30 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/2 "2026-07-28T17:30:00Z")
I also think that the extra navigation bar that was added to the left side of the original navigation bar, takes up too much space and is unnecessary. There should be a way to personally choose to disable that feature. ---
**Author:** ![Naste\_Lekoski](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Naste\_Lekoski](https://forum.asana.com/u/Naste_Lekoski)\ **Post date:** [28 July 2026 22:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/3 "2026-07-28T22:53:38Z")
agreed, me too! ---
**Author:** ![ka\_nishiyama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/ka_nishiyama/32/292165_2.png) [@ka\_nishiyama](https://forum.asana.com/u/ka_nishiyama)\ **Post date:** [29 July 2026 00:03 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/4 "2026-07-29T00:03:11Z")
For more information on Teamless Projects, please see this link. > [@Introducing Teamless Projects](https://forum.asana.com/t/introducing-teamless-projects/1139789): > > Hi Asana Community, Today, I wanted to share a fundamental shift in how you organize work: Asana has updated how projects work with teams. Projects no longer need to live inside a team, giving you more flexibility and helping keep team pages focused on relevant, shared work. What are teamless projects? Previously, every project in Asana belonged to a single team. With the teamless experience, projects can exist independently and be shared intentionally A project can now: Exist without being … I’ve long felt that having a project belong to a specific team doesn’t fit the role of a project within a complex organization. Therefore, I support the teamless project concept. However, for other reasons, I believe a mechanism is necessary to manage the relationship between projects and the organization. ---
**Author:** ![Danyelle\_Lee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/danyelle_lee/32/228962_2.png) [@Danyelle\_Lee](https://forum.asana.com/u/Danyelle_Lee)\ **Post date:** [30 July 2026 21:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/5 "2026-07-30T21:32:30Z")
Agreed! This is how my team uses Teams and the new navigation is rough. Plus to move to Portfolio and use the Teamless feature that Asana is pushing is a different payment tier. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [31 July 2026 04:38 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/6 "2026-07-31T04:38:16Z")
Hi @Naste_Lekoski , I hope you don’t mind, I’ve taken the liberty to rename your post title so it’s clear for others to vote on and gain more votes. ---
**Author:** ![Naste\_Lekoski](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Naste\_Lekoski](https://forum.asana.com/u/Naste_Lekoski)\ **Post date:** [31 July 2026 05:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/7 "2026-07-31T05:50:28Z")
Thanks mate, that’s useful! ---
**Author:** ![Kayla\_Arons](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Kayla\_Arons](https://forum.asana.com/u/Kayla_Arons)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 12:48 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/8 "2026-08-03T12:48:57Z")
Even just the option to add starred Teams to the main page would be helpful. We have a Team for onboarding/offboarding new clients, and now every time I need to make multiple updates, it adds a few more clicks. We have so many projects that it is not efficient for me to star all of these ones that I need to access quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 12:58 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/9 "2026-08-03T12:58:35Z")
Hi @Kayla_Arons , I feel you - you may want to vote for this also: > [@Add a star 'Starred’ mode to the new sidebar redesign (2025-2026)](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-a-starred-mode-to-the-new-sidebar-redesign-2025-2026/1107817): > > What I’m missing from the new sidebar redesign is a ‘Starred’ mode where you could pick and mix any objects in Asana to create your own ‘personal’ mode, more importantly being able to combine Portfolios, Projects and Teams. I think this would address one of the main issues I’m hearing from customers I work with and members in this forum. This would simply negate any current friction as it would provide the same navigation preference that I assume many users already have, which is to just use th… Until if/when Asana decide to implement this change, to help you solve you issue, if you have Advanced or Enterprise, you could create a Portfolio to add all your Onboarding projects into that so that it would be accessible from your Work mode by starring just that. Simply hover over that starred Portfolio to see all Onboarding projects within it, similar to your Team flyout menu. Assuming your onboarding projects are created from a Project Template, you could go into the project template editor settings (step 3 on the left) and set this portfolio for all new projects to be added to it automatically. Hope that helps for now. ---
**Author:** ![Kayla\_Arons](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Kayla\_Arons](https://forum.asana.com/u/Kayla_Arons)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 13:11 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/10 "2026-08-03T13:11:17Z")
Thanks Richard, I just voted for it. Unfortunately we only have basic, so I am not able to use the Portfolio feature ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 15:21 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/11 "2026-08-03T15:21:31Z")
Ah, @Kayla_Arons , that’s an issue with many of our customers who are on the Starter plan without Portfolios - we’re seeing that they need to switch a lot between Work and People modes. (just fyi, we are Asana Partners, we don’t work for Asana) ---
**Author:** ![HBenik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/hbenik/32/291043_2.png) [@HBenik](https://forum.asana.com/u/HBenik)\ **Post date:** [30 July 2026 18:31 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/12 "2026-07-30T18:31:10Z")
We manage 100+ client projects across multiple teams at a marketing agency. The previous sidebar let us quickly browse projects by Team, making it easy to switch between clients. The new navigation requires searching or filtering, which adds extra clicks and makes it harder to discover projects. We’d love the option to restore the Team hierarchy or choose between the classic and new navigation. ---
**Author:** ![Danyelle\_Lee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/danyelle_lee/32/228962_2.png) [@Danyelle\_Lee](https://forum.asana.com/u/Danyelle_Lee)\ **Post date:** [30 July 2026 18:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/13 "2026-07-30T18:42:20Z")
Yes, I agree ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [30 July 2026 20:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/14 "2026-07-30T20:57:29Z")
@HBenik , @Danyelle_Lee don’t forget to vote at the top of this thread! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danyelle\_Lee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/danyelle_lee/32/228962_2.png) [@Danyelle\_Lee](https://forum.asana.com/u/Danyelle_Lee)\ **Post date:** [30 July 2026 21:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/15 "2026-07-30T21:07:15Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ka\_nishiyama](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/ka_nishiyama/32/292165_2.png) [@ka\_nishiyama](https://forum.asana.com/u/ka_nishiyama)\ **Post date:** [30 July 2026 22:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/16 "2026-07-30T22:26:54Z")
The team’s framework was functionally inadequate for handling complex organizational project management. That said, I also believe the portfolio approach has its own weaknesses. We need a better alternative system. > [@How I'm rethinking my Asana strategy in a Teamless reality](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-im-rethinking-my-asana-strategy-in-a-teamless-reality/1146267): > > Like many others, I started using Asana in a pre-Portfolio era where Teams were a key factor in my set-up and project set-up strategy. While it wasn’t perfect, it’s how I cut my teeth with the tool. I was honestly late to the Portfolio game because it took me awhile to find a use-case that wasn’t solved by Teams. I know I’m coming off as a Team stan here, but honestly when the new [Team Overview Page](https://help.asana.com/s/article/team-basics?language=en_US#h_01HV1GM7PFKNF3FBW0XTC4VF4N) launched it was such a bright spot for me that I tell everyone I know to use this feature. But n… ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [31 July 2026 04:40 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/17 "2026-07-31T04:40:25Z")
@HBenik , I found this similar post: > [@Move Teams back under 'Work' mode in the new sidebar](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931): > > Moving Teams under People feels unintuitive and has disrupted our workflow. We don’t use Teams as a way to browse people—we use Teams to organise our work. Each Team represents a department and contains the projects we actively work on every day. Previously, Teams was the primary place we navigated to find projects. Now, having to go through People to access workspaces and projects doesn’t make sense conceptually. It feels like Teams has been categorised by who belongs to them rather than what … Would you agree to merge yours into it and consolidate the votes? ---
**Author:** ![HBenik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/hbenik/32/291043_2.png) [@HBenik](https://forum.asana.com/u/HBenik)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 14:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/18 "2026-08-03T14:23:31Z")
Sure, how do I do that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [3 August 2026 16:03 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/19 "2026-08-03T16:03:07Z")
Hey @HBenik, I just did it 🙂 (only forum leaders and Asana members can do that) ---
**Author:** ![Jodie\_Dean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jodie_dean/32/172087_2.png) [@Jodie\_Dean](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jodie_Dean)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2026 23:14 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931/20 "2026-08-09T23:14:51Z")
Adding to the list - this has totally disrupted my business. MOVE TEAMS BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS! [Next page](https://forum.asana.com/t/move-teams-back-under-work-mode-in-the-new-sidebar/1149931.md?page=2)