Take back your screen. Hide UI gives Game Masters full control over what players see in the Foundry VTT interface.
Foundry VTT is packed with buttons, panels, and tabs — which is great for Game Masters, but can be overwhelming or distracting for players. Hide UI lets you choose exactly which parts of the interface are visible for each player, creating a cleaner, more immersive experience at the table.
Only the GM decides what players see. Players cannot change their own UI visibility.
- Global player defaults — configure which UI elements all connecting players see by default.
- Per-player control — apply (or skip) those defaults for each individual player.
- GM Personal UI — the GM can also configure their own screen independently from the player settings.
- Real-time broadcast — your changes reach every connected client the moment you save.
- New-player safe — any player who joins for the first time automatically gets the GM's settings applied.
- Master toggles — hide an entire section (e.g. the whole sidebar) with a single switch.
🖥️ What Can Be Hidden?
| UI Area | Elements You Can Toggle |
|---|---|
| Navigation | Full navigation bar · Nav toggle button · Scene list · Boss Bar |
| Controls | Left-side controls panel (the toolbelt) |
| Sidebar | Entire sidebar · Chat messages · Chat input box · Combat encounters · Scenes · Placeables · Actors · Items · Journal · Rollable tables · Card stacks · Macros · Playlists · Compendium packs · Settings tab · Dice So Nice tab |
| Settings tab contents | Game Settings · Active Modules · Tour Management · Help & Documentation |
| Players & Interface | Active players list · Player configuration button |
| Hotbar | Standard macro hotbar |
| HUD | Token HUD · Token Action HUD |
Tip: You don't have to hide everything — even removing just the combat tracker or the compendium tab can make a huge difference for players who find the interface busy.
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Open Game Settings → Module Settings → Hide UI.
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You will find three configuration menus:
Menu Purpose Personal UI Configure which UI elements are hidden on the GM's own screen Players UI Set the default visibility for every connecting player Player Visibility Choose which players the defaults apply to -
Open Players UI, toggle the elements you want to hide, and click Save.
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Open Player Visibility to see a list of all your players. Toggle each one on or off to control who receives the hidden-UI settings.
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Optionally open Personal UI to configure the GM's own screen separately from the player settings. A page reload is required to apply personal UI changes.
Hide UI automatically detects the following modules and adds their UI elements to the toggle list when they are active:
| Module | Extra Toggle Added |
|---|---|
| Token Action HUD | Token Action HUD panel |
| Dice So Nice! | Dice So Nice sidebar tab |
| Boss Bar | Boss Bar |
No extra configuration is needed — if the module is installed and active, the option appears automatically.
If you accidentally hide the Settings tab for all players — or find yourself in a state where you can no longer access the module settings from the UI — you can reset everything from the browser console.
- Press F12 to open the browser developer tools.
- Go to the Console tab.
- Type the following command and press Enter:
HideUI.Reset()
This will:
- Set Players UI to hide all elements for all players (a safe known state you can then reconfigure).
- Re-enable the Player Visibility toggle for every player, so all players are affected on their next login.
- Clear the Personal UI configuration from every user's flags and local storage.
- Force every connected client to reload immediately.
Note: This command can only be run by the GM. After the reset, open Players UI and reconfigure the visibility settings from scratch.