# How do I hide the filter side bar?

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**Created:** [December 22, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-do-i-hide-the-filter-side-bar/2063 "2021-12-22T17:03:14Z")\
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You should also be aware that the Filter Gramplet in the Sidebar is just the Gramplet that is most commonly used.

The other Gramplets ([built-in](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Built-in_Gramplet_List) and [Third Party Add-on](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/5.1_Addons#Addon_List)) provide many more alternatives to the basic features of Gramps. In most cases, add-ons were created because people felt something was too hard (maybe there were too many steps) or impossible with the Gramps core. (Many of the Add-ons were created by the core team members. So the 3rd-party is mostly about the feature not being included with the basic install package.)

For instance, [this thread](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/roughing-in-a-tree-with-the-pedigree-chart-gramplets/1332) talks about using the Data Entry add-on to rough-in a tree:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/b5bd4c35b34deac1ef8011d2e7ee26fe9725fc9f.png)

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