# Hiding a Project
URL: https://docs.valsight.ai/hiding-a-project/
Description: To help declutter the project overview and settings pages, project admins can now hide old or unused projects. Hidden projects are removed from main lists but remain accessible.
As a project admin, hide old or unused projects to declutter the Project overview and settings pages, then view or reveal them again when needed.

## Steps

### Hide a project

1. Go to the **Project Overview** page.
2. Locate the project you want to hide.
3. Click the project's **three-dot menu** (⋮).
4. Select **Hide**.

![image-20241217-134233.png](./images/5866061880.png)

The project is removed from the main **Project Overview** list for all users, and from related settings pages, including Project Settings, Access Rights Settings, and Export Sharing pages.

### Access a hidden project

Hidden projects remain accessible to users with the necessary permissions:

1. Go to the **Project Overview** page.
2. Click **Hidden** in the top-right corner.
3. Browse the list of all hidden projects (hidden by you or others).

![image-20241217-134327.png](./images/5866029109.png)

You can still duplicate, open, and work on a hidden project as usual, but its project settings are not editable.

### Show hidden projects in other settings

In settings pages where hidden projects are relevant (for example, Access Rights or Export Sharing), enable the **Show Hidden Projects** checkbox to display them in the current view.

### Reveal a hidden project

1. Go to the **Project Overview** page.
2. Click **Hidden** to show the hidden projects list.
3. Click the project's **three-dot menu** (⋮) and select **Show**.

![image-20241217-134350.png](./images/5866127417.png)

## What you have done

* After hiding, the project no longer appears in the active **Project Overview** list or related settings pages.
* After revealing, the project reappears in the active **Project Overview** list and all relevant settings pages for all users with access rights.

## Limitations

* Hiding a project does not impact existing access rights. All users with access can still work on the project.
* To prevent users from making changes to a project instead, lock it (see [Locking and Unlocking of Projects](/locking-and-unlocking-of-projects/)) or remove access rights for all current users (see [Access Rights Documentation](/access-rights/)).