How to hide pages from the visible page list.
Hiding pages removes pages or subpages from the visible page list, helping to keep your doc clean and organized. These pages are not removed from the doc. Hidden pages are great for archiving content, storing pages that are not often interacted with, and for pages that are still a work in progress.
📣 Please note, Doc Makers with access to the doc can still choose to display hidden pages. The feature is intended to be used for doc readability and organization and is not a security feature.
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Hide a page
Note that only Doc Makers can hide (or unhide) pages.
To hide a page, right-click the page in the page list, or click on the 3 dots to the right of the page's name, then select Hide. This will hide the page for all users of the doc.
Show hidden pages
By default, hidden pages are not visible, but any person with access to the doc can choose to show all hidden pages. For this reason, you should never use hidden pages as a means to enforce privacy or security.
To show hidden pages, navigate to the page list, click on the three-dot menu next to Pages, and select Show hidden pages. Hidden pages will now appear in the page list in their original locations with a gray title. To return hidden pages to the hidden state, follow the same process; instead of Show hidden pages the option will now read Hide hidden pages.
This will not impact the visibility of hidden pages in the page list for other users. If other users would like to show or hide hidden pages, they will have to follow the same process.
Unhide a page
To unhide a page, you should first follow the steps above to show hidden pages. Then, within the page list, click on the three-dot menu next to that particular page. Select Unhide page from the menu. This will unhide the page for all users of the doc.
ℹ️ Note that if you are trying to unhide a subpage that's nested under a hidden page, you will need to unhide the top-level page first.
FAQs
What plans include hidden pages?
The ability to hide pages is available on the Pro plan and higher. Read more about pricing plans here.
Who can hide and unhide pages?
Only Doc Makers can hide or unhide pages in a doc. To learn more about the different roles in Coda, check out this article.
Can other people see hidden pages?
All Doc Makers with access to a doc can choose to show hidden pages. Editors and viewers cannot unhide or show hidden pages. These features are intended to be used for doc readability and organization, and are not meant to be used as security features.
Can I hide pages only from certain users?
It is not possible to specify that different users see different pages as visible or hidden.
Can I use hidden pages to restrict users from making changes in those pages?
Hidden pages only affect the default visibility of pages. Doc locking restricts what changes a user can make in a page. Read more about doc locking here.
Will hidden page content show up in doc search?
Hidden page titles and canvas content will not be visible in search results unless the searcher has already revealed all hidden pages via the steps in this article. Table content on hidden pages will always be visible in search results. As a reminder, hidden pages should not be considered a security feature.
Hidden page titles and canvas content will not be visible in editor/viewer search results*.
*Note: there are some caveats where this behavior won’t be applied consistently. One notable scenario is that search indexing is done in the background, so there may be some delay in between when a page is marked hidden v.s. when the search index is updated with this information.
Can I add a shortcut to a hidden page?
Yes! You can bookmark a page by right-clicking on the page in the page list, and selecting Bookmark for me. This will pin the page to the top of your page list for easier access. This will not bookmark the page for anyone else in the doc.
Why can't I unhide a subpage?
If the Unhide option is greyed out or disabled for a subpage, this is likely because the subpage is nested under a hidden page. If you hover over the Unhide option, you should even see a message that "this page is inside a hidden page."
To resolve this, you will need to either unhide the top-level page first, or move the subpage so that it isn't nested under a hidden page.