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title: "How to hide results and only display them if a search is performed"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/search/how-to-hide-results-and-only-display-them-if-a-search-is-performed/"
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Let's say you want to hide your View results, and only display them after a search is performed. That's a built-in setting in GravityView called "Hide View data until search is performed " which you can find in the View Settings box inside the View editor:

![Settings menu with option to hide view data until a search is performed](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-CzPu5ypBsy.png)
*With this option checked, your View will look like this before any search is performed:*![Contact form with a name input field and search button](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-CRzxRguXNi.png)
*And, after performing a search:*![Contact form with search functionality, displaying three search results for "Alice" with names and emails](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-Ult8VFODTh.png)