# "Hide Screen" impacts "Find Use"

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [February 3, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469 "2024-02-03T23:43:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AyS\_0908](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ays_0908/32/27349_2.png) [@AyS\_0908](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AyS_0908)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469/1 "2024-02-03T23:43:46Z")

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Hi, I just discovered that when we hide a screen in the layout, this disables the content of the “Find Use” view in the database.

This can lead to delete many columns by error… as I just did 🙂  
Just sharing so that others don’t make the same mistake.

**Screen: hidden**  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/5/35cf77cc7a2513730a01bfd3d109ba27dc5d7b68.png)

=\> **“Find use”: empty**

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/d/5dcc3b53eada04d4eb16c6c4947eacb1b569589c.png)

=\> If Screen turned into visible → “Find use”: filled

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/2/c2c78206c71df55dfb29bb8d5d5f0310b8e882e8.png)

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469/2 "2024-02-04T00:59:22Z")

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Just curious, in which cases would you want to hide a tab and then make it visible later?

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**Author:** ![AyS\_0908](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ays_0908/32/27349_2.png) [@AyS\_0908](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AyS_0908)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469/3 "2024-02-06T23:25:21Z")

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for example for backup screens, or work in progress etc

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469/4 "2024-02-06T23:34:44Z")

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Is there a reason you don’t use publishing control?

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**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469/5 "2024-02-13T21:35:23Z")

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I’ve done this for a few cases where you might have a screen (tab) that’s only shown as a result of completing an action sequence.

E.g. submit a form, route to a hidden “thank you” screen.

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**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/hide-screen-impacts-find-use/70469/6 "2025-04-28T12:58:48Z")

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Was this ever addressed? Find uses should find all uses: hidden screens or not.

I know they ‘find uses’ when a componenet is hidden - so why not a screen?

Thanks