When working on a multi-layer project in Adobe Photoshop, there might come a time when you need to hide one or more of the layers temporarily. The instructions below show you how to do that.

How to Hide a layer

  • Open a project in Adobe Photoshop.

  • On the right side of the screen, click Layers. Our example project below has three layers: The “ComputerHope.com” text, the Computer Hope logo, and the “Free Computer Help” text.

  • Next to each layer, you notice an “eyeball” icon. Clicking it hides that specific layer, making it no longer visible on the canvas.

  • In the example below, we used this method to hide the “Free Computer Help” text layer. As you can see, the eyeball icon is now a blank square, meaning the corresponding layer is hidden.

How to show a previously hidden layer

Click the blank box next to the layer you want to show (step 4 above). This brings back the eyeball icon and reinstates the layer to the canvas.

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