# Hiding a visual by default


In the **Interactions** pane of the **Properties** pane, you can choose to hide a visual by default. Doing this can be useful if you want the viewer to only see visuals based on specific conditions.

**To hide a visual by default**

1. From the Quick homepage, choose **Analyses**, and then choose the analysis that you want to customize.

1. Choose the visual that you want to add a rule to.

1. On the menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose **Properties**.

1. In the **Properties** pane that opens, choose **Interactions** and open the **Rules** dropdown.

1. In the **Rules** menu, choose **Hide this visual by default**.

Hidden visuals appear fully hidden in a viewing dashboard. In the **Analyses** pane, hidden visuals are visible with the message “Hidden based on rule”. With this display, you can see where all of a dashboard's visuals are located.

**Note**  
You can't create conditional rules that hide visuals that are already hidden by default or that show visuals that already appear by default. If you change the default appearance of a visual, existing rules that contradict the new default appearance will be disabled.