# Is it possible to hide sections that has no tasks to show when Filtered? **URL:** \ **Category:** Asana In Practice\ **Tags:** sorting-filtering, sections, tasks\ **Created:** [29 February 2024 01:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607 "2024-02-29T01:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jaro\_Necesito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jaro_necesito/32/61124_2.png) [@Jaro\_Necesito](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jaro_Necesito)\ **Post date:** [29 February 2024 01:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/1 "2024-02-29T01:53:06Z")
I’ve set my filter to only show Incompleted tasks and when I group them by sections, the sections with nothing to show is visible. Back then if I remember, these sections gets hidden if not necessary. ![Screenshot 2024-02-29 at 9.50.58 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/9/6/963ce7df8c9483f35052f41b05c9bbda4490b835.png) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [29 February 2024 02:27 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/2 "2024-02-29T02:27:44Z")
Yes, @Jaro_Necesito, you can choose to show or hide empty sections like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/4/d/4d81a92e605b603535526222a619f1ff0a1dbfdc.jpeg) And as with any change to a project’s settings, you may want to follow that change with saving that setting for all: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/0/e/0ece95c8e13ab53403593ac573992491a6d9d3b2.png) Thanks, Larry ---
**Author:** ![Sher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/sher/32/67214_2.png) [@Sher](https://forum.asana.com/u/Sher)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2024 03:13 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/3 "2024-04-12T03:13:01Z")
I don’t seem to have the ‘hide empty groups’ option, what am I missing? ![Screenshot 2024-04-12 at 11.12.33 am](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/4/d/4d94f62339c3590f6d7dda5a79c5e023689977ff.png) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2024 04:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/4 "2024-04-12T04:08:10Z")
Only certain of the choice types offer to hide empty groups. Two that offer it are single-select and mulit-select custom fields. What are the types of your custom fields? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2024 06:06 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/5 "2024-04-12T06:06:59Z")
Hi @Sher , from your limited screenshot, I have a feeling you are in Board view, where it is not currently possible to hide empty groups, as you can do in List view, as per @Larry_Berger_lpb 's screenshot [above](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/2). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2024 15:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/6 "2024-04-12T15:17:35Z")
Good catch, @Richard_Sather! ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Roman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/emily_roman/32/283076_2.png) [@Emily\_Roman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Emily_Roman)\ **Post date:** [11 November 2024 10:11 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/7 "2024-11-11T10:11:19Z")
Hi everyone, just wanted to share an update to let you know we just launched the ability to hide empty groups in Board view 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Roman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/emily_roman/32/283076_2.png) [@Emily\_Roman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Emily_Roman)\ **Post date:** [12 November 2024 08:00 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-sections-that-has-no-tasks-to-show-when-filtered/724607/8 "2024-11-12T08:00:08Z")
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