# 5 Steps to Adding a Vertical Divider in Notion (2026)

Notion offers many design features like adding horizontal dividers, adding color to a block to make it stand out, and more. However, adding a vertical divider in Notion is not straightforward.

This is a shortcoming because vertical dividers are an important element for page design. They act like a partition between blocks and provide visual separation. This improves readability and UX, making your Notion pages look more aesthetic.

But that does not mean that there is no way to add a Notion vertical divider. There is a workaround.

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**TL;DR**  
1. Create the columns (/column) you want to separate.  
2. Insert a Quote block (/quote) and drag it between the target columns.  
3. Shrink its width by dragging the block’s right handle to the left.  
4. Press Shift + Enter inside the block to add blank lines; this lengthens the vertical line and removes placeholder text.

## **How to add a vertical divider in Notion?**

**You can use the** _**Quote**_ **block in Notion as a substitute for the vertical divider.** The _Quote_ block comes with a vertical line, to the right of which you can enter text. By placing this block between two blocks and resizing it, you can easily achieve the illusion of a vertical divider.

**Here’s the step-by-step process for adding a vertical divider in Notion:**

### **1. Create the blocks that you want to separate with a vertical divider.**

For reference, we will use the Agency dashboard that we created in the [how to create a Notion dashboard](https://super.so/blog/create-dashboard-in-notion) tutorial. It has three columns, we will show you how to separate the first two columns with a vertical divider.

### **2. Add a** _**Quote**_ **block anywhere on the page**

For adding a _Quote_ block, type _/quote_ and click on the only block that Notion displays. Here’s what an empty _Quote_ block looks like.

Notice the tiny vertical line? It will become the vertical divider in the next couple of steps.

### **3. Drag the empty** _**Quote**_ **block where you want**

We want the vertical divider to appear between column 1 and 2, so we dragged the empty block there.

It has disrupted the layout but don’t worry, we will fix it.

### **4. Shorten the width of the empty** _**Quote**_ **block**

Hover a little towards the right of the empty block to see the _Drag_ pointer. The below image shows a light-grey vertical line between the empty block and the _Client Related_ column, the _drag_ pointer appears there.

Click on it and pull the pointer to the left - as far as the tool allows. The intent is to let it take the least horizontal space possible.

Here’s what the page looks like after reducing the width of the empty _Quote_ block.

Two issues arise here: the line is not long enough, and Notion suggests unwanted text. We will resolve both issues in the next step.

### **5. Add spacing to the block**

Click inside the block, hold the _Shift_ key and hit _Enter_. Every time you hit _Enter_, you move to the next line and the _Quote_ block’s default line gets longer. With this step, the default text also disappears.

The dashboard looks like this after the vertical divider is made as long as the column.

We went a step ahead by duplicating the vertical divider and placing it between column 2 and 3.

And that’s done! You can use vertical dividers to split the Notion page in half. You can also use them to separate any number of columns from each other.

## **Frequently Asked Questions**

### **1. Can you make a vertical divider in Notion?**

**Yes. You can make a vertical divider in Notion by repurposing the** _**Quote**_ **block.** Essentially, you place an empty _Quote_ block between two columns that you want to separate and make the block longer by holding the _Shift_ key and hitting _Enter_ till you achieve the desired length.

### **2. How to change the color of the Notion vertical divider?**

**You can change the color of the vertical divider by changing the text color of the** _**Quote**_ **block to Grey.** This way, the vertical divider matches the color of the horizontal divider and blends into the page subtly.

### **3. How to split a page vertically into two in Notion?**

Follow these steps to split a Notion page vertically into two halves:

1. Start by creating all your content blocks that need to be separated. Use the ‘ [2 columns](https://super.so/blog/how-to-create-columns-in-notion)’ block to split the page in half.
2. Add a _Quote_ block by typing ‘/quote’ in Notion. This block comes with a built-in vertical line on the left. You'll see an empty _Quote_ block appear on your page.
3. Position and format the divider by first dragging the _Quote_ block between the two columns you want to separate. Then hover towards the right edge until you see the 'Drag' pointer. Next, reduce its width by dragging from the right side to make it as narrow as possible.
4. Finally, hold Shift + Enter to add line breaks and extend the divider length, which also removes any unwanted suggested text.