====== Hiding Objects ======

Objects such as Customers, Media types and Volumes can be hidden from view when required.

<note tip>You need tapemaster rights to access the Main Menu to make any alterations</note>

===== Hiding Customers =====

Customers can be hidden, or removed from view, in TapeTrack TapeMaster, Lite and from Command Line programs , cleaning up the display without needing to delete Customers and their associated data.

Reasons for hiding Customers can include inactive Customers for a Vaulting business that you can remove from the display without deleting to retain historical information.

See [[technote:hiding_customer_ids|Hiding Customers]] for detailed information on how to hide Customers.

===== Hiding Media Types =====

Media Types can be hidden, or removed from view, in TapeTrack TapeMaster, Lite and from Command Line programs, cleaning up the display without needing to delete Media Types and their associated data.

Reasons for hiding Media Types can include retired legacy media types that are no longer used for backups.

See [[technote:hiding_media_ids|Hiding Media Types]] for detailed information on how to hide Media Types.

===== Hiding Volumes =====

Volumes can be hidden, or removed from view, in TapeTrack TapeMaster, Lite and from Command Line programs (through flag exclusion), cleaning up Volume display without needing to delete volumes and their associated data.

Reasons for hiding Volumes range from being moved permanently out of rotation, locked from movement for legal reasons or any other reason that operators do not need to see them and would prefer a cleaner display in TapeTrack TapeMaster or Command Line reports.

See [[technote:hiding_volumeids|Hiding Volume-ID's]] for detailed information on how to hide Volumes.

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