Hide Collection from admin sidebar

nacho

last month

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  akacronos

  last month

  you can do it changing the access to the collection and limit the read function to certain users roles:

  
  

  Docs:

  https://payloadcms.com/docs/access-control/collections
  

  
  

  Here the example:

  
  https://payloadcms.com/docs/access-control/collections#read
  
  

  If a user doesn't have the right access, payload doesn't show the collection

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  nacho

  last month

  I just wanted to hide the collection from the admin, not restrict access. Didn't express myself correctly.

  
  
  

  Just found the solution on another post. Just add css to hide that element, for example, here I'm hiding users collection:

  
  
  

  .dashboard__card-list li:has(#card-users), #nav-users { display: none; }

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  Sandro Wegmann

  last week

  Is there a way to achieve this dynamically, depending on the users role? I'd like specific collections to be only visible for admins

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  Eustachio

  last week

  I think this is what you are looking for.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPLyXG26Dg&t=483s
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  Sandro Wegmann

  last week

  Unfortunately not, I don't want to restrict access, just hide the collection from the dashboard and sidebar

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  Eustachio

  last week

  I see 🤔

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  thisisnotchris

  last week

  It would be cool to see visibility controls on the admin config for a global/collection that would handle this by role

  
  

  
  

    admin: {
      group: "Pages",
      visibility: [Users] // or role property on a user collection?
    },

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  Sandro Wegmann

  last week

  Yes 100%, I’d love to see a similar pattern as with access control, it’s super dope!

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  dribbens

  Payload Team

  6 days ago

  You can dynamically hide collections and globals from the admin outside of access control also using

  admin.hidden

  as a function.

  
  

  
  

        admin: {
          hidden: ({ user }) => user.role !== 'admin',
        },

  
  

  
  

  Something like that will work, assuming you have a

  role

  property on your users.

  
  

  
  

  @Sandro Wegmann @thisisnotchris @Eustachio @nacho @akacronos

  
  

  I'm tagging you because I am sad nobody knew this.

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  thisisnotchris

  6 days ago

  Yoooo @dribbens the man saving the day

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  Sandro Wegmann

  6 days ago

  Haha maybe that’s the only disadvantage of a great community, you’re always tempted to just post a question in the forum instead of really getting your hands dirty first

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  Above The Clouds

  6 days ago

  Even easier: in the CollectionConfig, just add

  admin: { hidden: true }