# Option to not show absent icons **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** Improbable, Icons\ **Created:** [October 26, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866 "2024-10-26T23:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Januel](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Januel](https://community.anytype.io/u/Januel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/1 "2024-10-26T23:50:57Z")
#### WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? With the new update, all objects show an icon. Even those who don’t have one. I wish to have an option to actually not have any icon shown if none was selected. Just plain text. #### HOW COULD IT BE DONE? By giving the option to “get back” to the previous state before update 43.1. #### REAL WORLD USE CASES Having a forced icon shown just takes more space which can be inconvenient. #### RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVES Can’t think of any. #### ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ![Capture d’écran du 2024-10-27 01-41-35](https://community-static.anytype.io/original/3X/e/a/ea4bee8f40f117e32e767a9fba0b54d840cc034c.png) Example of the forced icons I have. ---
**Author:** ![C.c](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/c.c/32/10820_2.png) [@C.c](https://community.anytype.io/u/C.c)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/2 "2024-10-27T10:54:03Z")
Related feature request on displaying icons. > [@Icon only and more display option for relation display in set columns](https://community.anytype.io/t/icon-only-and-more-display-option-for-relation-display-in-set-columns/8990): > > WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND It would be great if we could have an option to display only the object icon for relations in the columns of set view. This enable seeing more objects within narrow columns. HOW COULD IT BE DONE Add display/appearance options to the column option to show titles or icons or not, like in graph view (Arrows not applicable to set). Design consistent with current column option pane is appreciated. [CleanShot 2023-05-12 at 15.32.43@2x] … ---
**Author:** ![Divinity](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/divinity/32/19504_2.png) [@Divinity](https://community.anytype.io/u/Divinity)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/3 "2024-10-27T10:58:31Z")
There is an option on the layout settings ![Screenshot 2024-10-27 164145](https://community-static.anytype.io/original/3X/4/0/40e58f9c0bc54249ce7bd75efe4765f48fc3094a.png) ---
**Author:** ![C.c](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/c.c/32/10820_2.png) [@C.c](https://community.anytype.io/u/C.c)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/4 "2024-10-27T13:07:07Z")
Thanks for the tip. This works with that main object alone, hiding the icon shown in Name relation only… not linked/related objects e.g. object-supported relation (which bothers me the most 😅) ---
**Author:** ![Januel](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Januel](https://community.anytype.io/u/Januel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/5 "2024-10-27T18:13:17Z")
Well, that does solve a part of the problem. But as C.c commented, it doesn’t hide the icons in relations. So it’s only a partial answer. ---
**Author:** ![dzlg](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/dzlg/32/20286_2.png) [@dzlg](https://community.anytype.io/u/dzlg)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/6 "2024-10-28T08:17:28Z")
Yeah that’s a bit of an odd design decision IMO. Especially in an inline mention scenario. It used to be just an underline when there’s no icon but now that generic “page-like” icon is not pretty at all. ---
**Author:** ![Filip](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/filip/32/22248_2.png) [@Filip](https://community.anytype.io/u/Filip)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/7 "2024-10-28T15:21:38Z")
At the moment, we have no plans to add an global option to disable all of these default icons. ---
**Author:** ![Januel](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Januel](https://community.anytype.io/u/Januel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/9 "2024-10-28T23:17:34Z")
That is a shame. Now I have to either have an ugly and less readable board OR use icons I don’t have the need for. ---
**Author:** ![codingMarine](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@codingMarine](https://community.anytype.io/u/codingMarine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/10 "2024-10-30T12:38:26Z")
Whats the reasoning behind that decision? ---
**Author:** ![Filip](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/filip/32/22248_2.png) [@Filip](https://community.anytype.io/u/Filip)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/11 "2024-10-30T13:38:47Z")
It’s not a priority, maybe in the future. ---
**Author:** ![codingMarine](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@codingMarine](https://community.anytype.io/u/codingMarine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/option-to-not-show-absent-icons/24866/12 "2024-10-30T16:01:37Z")
Yea this just kills readability of my notes if I am linking to a lot of notes 😔