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# How to Hide or Show a Category in the Library

# How to Hide or Show a Category in the Library

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to hide a category
* How to show a hidden category
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview

Hiding a category keeps it out of your Library without deleting it. This is the tidy way to remove categories you do not use — including SuperPath's built-in ones — from what your learners see, while keeping everything in place so you can bring it back at any time. Showing a hidden category simply reverses this and puts it back into the Library.

Use it to curate which categories appear in your Library, rather than deleting categories you might want later.

## How to hide a category

1. Go to **Settings → Library** and scroll to the **Manage Categories** section.
2. Find the category you want to hide and click the **eye** icon in its row. Its tooltip reads **Hide Category in Library?**.

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3. A confirmation window titled **Hide Category in Library?** appears. If the category has sub categories or topics, it warns that **This will also hide all of its associated sub categories and topics**.
4. Click **Hide** to confirm.

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## How to show a hidden category

1. In the same **Manage Categories** list, find the hidden category — it shows an **eye-slash** icon.
2. Click the **eye-slash** icon. Its tooltip reads **Show Category in Library?**.
3. In the confirmation window, click **Show** to make the category visible again.

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## Things to keep in mind

* Hiding a category does not delete it, and does not remove any content. The category and its content stay in your account — the category simply no longer appears in the Library.
* Hiding a category also hides its sub categories and topics.
* You can hide and show both your own custom categories and SuperPath's built-in categories.
* Showing a category is the exact reverse of hiding it — the category returns to the Library.

## FAQs

**What is the difference between hiding and deleting a category?**
Hiding keeps the category and its content in your account but removes the category from the Library view; you can show it again at any time. Deleting removes the category (and its sub categories and topics) permanently, though the content itself is kept.

**Does hiding a category remove its content?**
No. Hiding only affects whether the category appears in the Library. The content stays in your account.

**Can I hide the built-in SuperPath categories?**
Yes. You can hide and show both built-in and custom categories from the Manage Categories list.

## Who can do this

**Owners** and **Admins** can hide and show categories. **Managers**, **Content Managers**, **People Managers**, **Instructors**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users cannot — hiding and showing categories requires access to Settings and the permission to update your account's settings, which only Owners and Admins have.