How to Hide Categories in Magento 2

Hiding Category is making the category invisible in the customer view and navigation menu while it is linked to other places on your store. The hidden category will perfect the internal purpose or any demand from store admins.
As you can see, Collections and Promotions were hidden by store admins. There are many ways to hide categories as you need, and the following guide will help you do that in an easy way while the customers are still sastified with your store.
To hide categories:
- On the Admin Panel,
Products > Inventory > Category
. - Look at the category tree on the left, choose the category which needs to be hidden.
- On the
General Information
tab, you need:- Choose No in the
Is Active
field. - Choose No in the
Include in Navigation Menu
field.
- Choose No in the
- Next, on the
Display Settings
tab, choose No in theIs Anchor
field. - Despite of the hidden category, you are allowed to add subcategories to the category. To activate them, follow the guide below:
- On the
General Information
tab, choose Yes inIs Active
field. - On the
Display Settings
tab, choose Yes inIs Anchor
field.
- On the
And now, the hidden category can be linked to other places on your site but it is not visible on the Navigation Menu.
- Click on the
Save Category
to finish the hiding category.
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