# Data Editor - "Mark as Private" column setting
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-editor-mark-as-private-column-setting/18236
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-editor-mark-as-private-column-setting/18236 "2020-11-11T08:54:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-editor-mark-as-private-column-setting/18236/1 "2020-11-11T08:54:33Z")
I think it would be useful to have a feature that would obscure private data in the data editor.
What I envisage is a per-column setting (similar to ‘Mark as Protected’), where you can tag a column as ‘Private’, and this would have the effect of obscuring all data in that column. ie. It would be displayed as ` ******* ` (or similar). The difference between this and the existing [Mark as Protected](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/security-and-per-user-data/protected-columns) feature is that the data would still be accessible.
I would see this as a security enhancement, and would help avoid the situation where private data is accidentally shared via screen captures or videos.
I’ve not created a feature request, but will do if there is support for the idea.
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### Author:  [@Drearystate](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Drearystate)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/data-editor-mark-as-private-column-setting/18236/2 "2020-11-11T15:22:00Z")
Sounds like a good idea for screen captureand videos but otherwise I would just use the already built in functionality to hide the data. Visibility access and columns for specific users.