# Hide / Unhide Hydrogens Toggle

**URL:** <https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/hide-unhide-hydrogens-toggle/7525>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 14, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/hide-unhide-hydrogens-toggle/7525 "2026-09-14T11:19:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![despinos](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@despinos](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/despinos)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/hide-unhide-hydrogens-toggle/7525/1 "2026-09-14T11:19:58Z")

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Hello @ghutchis ,

My first post, so thanks for the great continued work with Avogadro.

I miss a simple “hide/unhide hydrogens” toggle button; the function might be there but I cannot find it …

Thanks

David Espinosa

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**Author:** ![ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/ghutchis/32/456_2.png) [@ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/ghutchis)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/hide-unhide-hydrogens-toggle/7525/2 "2026-09-14T11:35:57Z")

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> [@despinos](#):
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> I miss a simple “hide/unhide hydrogens” toggle button; the function might be there but I cannot find it …

Welcome! If you click on the “Ball and Stick” in the list of display types, it brings up the options panel. There’s a checkbox for “Show hydrogens”

> **[Ball and Stick - Display Types — Avogadro 2.0.0 documentation](https://avogadro.cc/docs/display-types/index.html#ball-and-stick)**
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> Avogadro offers several display types to customize your molecular display and offer high-quality publication-ready graphics.