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title: "Manage column visibility with Advanced Table Viewer macro"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/TBL/3637706822/Manage%20column%20visibility%20with%20Advanced%20Table%20Viewer%20macro"
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The Advanced Table Viewer macro enables you to show or hide table columns.

- Configure column visibility in the macro setup mode.
- The macro displays only the selected columns in Confluence page edit and view mode.

**Manage column visibility**

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> > 📝 You need edit permissions to access the setup mode.
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> **Manage columns** is OFF by default. To enable **Manage columns**:
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> 1. Edit the macro to open the setup mode. Refer to [Set up the Advanced Table Viewer macro features](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TBL/pages/1765147138).
> 2. Click **Manage** **columns **(). The **Manage** **columns **feature configuration panel appears on the right side of the screen.
> 3. The configuration panel displays the list of column names. To show or hide columns, refer to the **Show or hide** **columns** section.
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> The **Manage columns** feature configuration panel displays the list of column names and enables you to control column visibility. By default, the macro selects all the columns.
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> To hide any column:
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> 1. Clear the checkbox for the columns that you want to hide. For example, the *Product ID* and *Stock Qty* columns.
> 2. Preview the selected columns in the left panel. To apply the column changes, click **Save.**
> 3. The Confluence page edit mode shows the selected columns. Click **Update** to publish the changes.
> 4. The Confluence page view mode shows the selected columns, and the deselected columns are hidden.
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> > 📝 To display hidden columns again:
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> > 📝 - Edit the macro, and under **Manage columns**, select the columns.
> > 📝 - To apply changes, click **Save**.