> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.morpht.com/convivial-for-govcms/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.morpht.com/convivial-for-govcms/concepts-and-tools/hiding-content.md).

# Hiding content

There are several ways to hide something, and they do different things. Pick by what you want hidden and from whom.

| To hide                                                               | Use                                                             | Where                                                                                                        |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| A whole page from the public                                          | Keep it in **Draft**, or **Archive** it                         | Workflow, in the page sidebar                                                                                |
| A page from site search, the sitemap or search engines                | **Search exclude**, the sitemap setting, or a *robots* meta tag | Page sidebar; see [Excluding from search](/convivial-for-govcms/concepts-and-tools/excluding-from-search.md) |
| Parts of a page's layout — banner, breadcrumb, sidebar, print button… | The **Hide** field                                              | Page sidebar                                                                                                 |
| A component's heading, keeping it for assistive technology            | **Hide heading**                                                | The component's header fields                                                                                |
| A whole component, temporarily                                        | The **Hide Modifier**                                           | The component's Presentation group                                                                           |
| A component on phones only, or on desktops only                       | The **Hide Modifier** with a **Media query**                    | As above                                                                                                     |
| A component from everyone but certain audiences                       | The **Audience Visibility Modifier**                            | As above; see [Personalisation](/convivial-for-govcms/concepts-and-tools/personalisation.md)                 |
| A menu link without deleting the page                                 | Untick **Enabled** on the link                                  | [Navigation](/convivial-for-govcms/site-structure/navigation.md)                                             |

The **Hide** field on a page:

![The Hide field](https://3733701002-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3fBWwpuJPUqPpT2ulMXp%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ba3da7683c58604988582db56d4dc9d8690e9f10%2Ffield-hide.png?alt=media)

Three things hiding does *not* do:

* **Hide** and the Hide Modifier only stop things being displayed. The content is still in the page's HTML and still reachable by anyone who has the address. For anything confidential, unpublish it.
* The Hide Modifier is not a scheduling tool. A component hidden "for now" is easy to forget; put a note in the component's **Title** so it shows in the edit form.
* Hiding a heading does not remove it from the page structure — that is the point. To remove the heading entirely, clear the **Heading** field instead.