# Hide the graph settings panel by default?

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/hide-the-graph-settings-panel-by-default/11434>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** graph-view, ui-ux\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/hide-the-graph-settings-panel-by-default/11434 "2021-01-14T15:12:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![luckman212](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/luckman212/32/3445_2.png) [@luckman212](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/luckman212)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/hide-the-graph-settings-panel-by-default/11434/1 "2021-01-14T15:12:39Z")

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Obs 0.10.8

Is there any way to hide the sidebar graph settings panel by default? It usually blocks my view and I’d rather open it as needed…

![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8b95a18ea540168d0f4f0d09920b98bde6e7a8bc.png) ==\> ![image](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5b51fa8b7ad993c2014bc3b4b776fd12334160ce.png)

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**Author:** ![luckman212](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/luckman212/32/3445_2.png) [@luckman212](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/luckman212)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/hide-the-graph-settings-panel-by-default/11434/2 "2021-02-07T18:44:33Z")

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_related_ =\> [Setting the default for Graph View](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/setting-the-default-for-graph-view/11658)

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**Author:** ![JonathanBuchh](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/jonathanbuchh/32/12455_2.png) [@JonathanBuchh](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/JonathanBuchh)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/hide-the-graph-settings-panel-by-default/11434/3 "2021-03-07T01:43:41Z")

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This has been fixed in a recent release.

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/hide-the-graph-settings-panel-by-default/11434/4 "2023-04-01T13:41:40Z")

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Closed on April 1, 2023, 1:41pm UTC