# Manage page visibility

> Control which API endpoints appear in your documentation navigation by hiding, filtering, or organizing autogenerated OpenAPI pages.

You can control which OpenAPI operations get published as documentation pages and their visibility in navigation. This is useful for internal-only endpoints, deprecated operations, beta features, or endpoints that should be accessible via direct URL but not discoverable through site navigation.

If your pages are autogenerated from an OpenAPI document, manage page visibility with the `x-hidden` and `x-excluded` extensions.

## `x-hidden`

The `x-hidden` extension creates a page for an endpoint, but hides it from navigation. The page is only accessible by navigating directly to its URL.

Common use cases for `x-hidden` are:

- Endpoints you want to document, but not promote.
- Pages that you link to from other content.
- Endpoints for specific users.

## `x-excluded`

The `x-excluded` extension completely excludes an endpoint from your documentation.

Common use cases for `x-excluded` are:

- Internal-only endpoints.
- Deprecated endpoints that you don't want to document.
- Beta features that are not ready for public documentation.

## Implementation

Add the `x-hidden` or `x-excluded` extension under the HTTP method in your OpenAPI specification.

Here are examples of how to use each property in an OpenAPI schema document for an endpoint and a webhook path.

```json Endpoint example {11, 19} theme={null}
"paths": {
  "/plants": {
    "get": {
      "description": "Returns all plants from the store",
      "parameters": { /*...*/ },
      "responses": { /*...*/ }
    }
  },
  "/hidden_plants": {
    "get": {
      "x-hidden": true,
      "description": "Returns all somewhat secret plants from the store",
      "parameters": { /*...*/ },
      "responses": { /*...*/ }
    }
  },
  "/secret_plants": {
    "get": {
      "x-excluded": true,
      "description": "Returns all top secret plants from the store (do not publish this endpoint!)",
      "parameters": { /*...*/ },
      "responses": { /*...*/ }
    }
  }
},
```

```json Webhook example {9, 15} theme={null}
"webhooks": {
  "/plants_hook": {
    "post": {
      "description": "Webhook for information about a new plant added to the store",
    }
  },
  "/hidden_plants_hook": {
    "post": {
      "x-hidden": true,
      "description": "Webhook for somewhat secret information about a new plant added to the store"
    }
  },
  "/secret_plants_hook": {
    "post": {
      "x-excluded": true,
      "description": "Webhook for top secret information about a new plant added to the store (do not publish this endpoint!)"
    }
  }
}
```

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