# Editing screens with visibility set to "false"

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/editing-screens-with-visibility-set-to-false/49977>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [September 23, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/editing-screens-with-visibility-set-to-false/49977 "2022-09-23T05:01:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Even4749](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/even4749/32/48231_2.png) [@Even4749](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Even4749)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/editing-screens-with-visibility-set-to-false/49977/1 "2022-09-23T05:01:08Z")

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Editing a page with the visibility set to false — I mean, I’d rather not have users able to view the page while I’m changing things around.

But in editing mode, in order even to get to the page, I need to find another screen that will open up the full left-hand menu, then click on the page, then confirm, for the 4,000th time that, yes, I wish to _see_ the screen I want to edit.

Worse, each time I make a change, I’m kicked out of that view, back to the first visible screen, and I have to confirm, again, that I want to “preview” the screen I’m editing, make one change, get kicked out … what am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/editing-screens-with-visibility-set-to-false/49977/2 "2022-09-23T06:13:45Z")

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Instead of setting the page visibility to false, try adding a visibility condition that makes it hidden to every user except yourself. You can do this in the screen options section in the right hand panel:

 ![Screen Shot 2022-09-23 at 2.11.52 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/8/085c6fe6f09d3618d0e412ca0d375ecc8dd8eefe.png)

The easiest way is to filter is so that’s its only visible when the signed-in user email equals your own.

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**Author:** ![Even4749](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/even4749/32/48231_2.png) [@Even4749](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Even4749)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/editing-screens-with-visibility-set-to-false/49977/3 "2022-09-23T06:17:39Z")

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Thanks, Darren\_Murphy. We’ll work with that. It had occurred to me, but it’s a clunky workaround. I’m a little surprised.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/editing-screens-with-visibility-set-to-false/49977/4 "2022-09-23T07:01:33Z")

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If you’re not comfortable with that option, then another (probably better) option is to disable auto-publishing. Then you can make changes in the builder and only publish when you are ready to.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/editing-screens-with-visibility-set-to-false/49977/5 "2022-09-24T07:01:47Z")

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