Notion, the all-in-one productivity tool that helps you stay organized, manage projects and enhance productivity, continues to be a popular choice among businesses, students, and even individuals wanting to streamline their day-to-day tasks.
ne of the powerful features of Notion is its property management. As you navigate the tool, at times, you might feel the need to hide certain properties to keep your workspace neat or secure sensitive information. In this blog post, we offer a simple tutorial to guide you on how to hide properties in Notion effortlessly.
Key Takeaways
- The option to hide properties improves workspace organization and the security of sensitive information contained in your Notion page.
- To hide a property, simply click on the property and select "Hide Property" in the dropdown menu.
- You can also use this feature if desired to enhance the readability of your Notion page by minimizing clutter.
- Hidden properties are not permanently hidden and can be made visible once again by merely clicking the "Show hidden properties" option in the database settings.
- You can also hide/show all properties at once in the "Properties" section of the database settings.
Understanding Property Management in Notion
Properties in Notion serve as the building blocks for your workspace. They determine the structure of your databases and are an important aspect of how you organize your work. There are several types of properties you can create and manage in Notion, including text, numbers, select, multi-select, date, person, files & media, checkbox, URL, email, phone number, formula, relation, and rollup.
To ensure efficient and effective workspace management, Notion allows you to control the visibility of these properties. This is particularly useful when you have created a lot of properties for a single page or database and wish to keep your workspace clean and less cluttered.
Hiding Properties in Notion
Step by Step Guide
To hide a property in Notion, follow these simple steps:
- Select the database where the property you want to hide is located.
- Click the name of the property you want to hide (at the top)
- Select “Hide Property” from the dropdown list. The specific property will now be hidden.
This is a user-friendly feature that makes it easy to manage your spaces and improve your user experience in Notion. The great part about it is that these properties are not permanently hidden. You can access them again anytime you want only by selecting “Show hidden properties” under the same “...” (More Options) dropdown menu at the top of your page/column.
Alternative: you can also hide/show properties from the "Properties" section in the database settings. This section also enables you to hide/show ALL properties at once.
Conclusion
Over the years, Notion has proven to be a dependable productivity tool that allows users to manage their tasks, create powerful databases, take notes, among other impressive features. The functionality to hide properties in Notion is another selling point for this versatile tool, allowing for enhanced organization, decluttering capabilities, and increased security for sensitive information. We hope this tutorial provided the insights you were looking for, and you can now hide and unhide properties in Notion with ease.
