# How to hide status line?

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/how-to-hide-status-line/1906>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 16, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/how-to-hide-status-line/1906 "2021-10-16T22:27:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/scr/32/486_2.png) [@scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/scr)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/how-to-hide-status-line/1906/1 "2021-10-16T22:27:15Z")

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Hello !

Is there a way to hide the status line to create a “zen” mode?

Thx 🙂

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**Author:** ![Screwtapello](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/screwtapello/32/12_2.png) [@Screwtapello](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/Screwtapello)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/how-to-hide-status-line/1906/2 "2021-10-16T22:42:04Z")

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You can’t hide the modeline (status line), but you can empty it:

```
set global modelinefmt ''
```

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**Author:** ![alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/alexherbo2/32/1140_2.png) [@alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/alexherbo2)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/how-to-hide-status-line/1906/3 "2021-10-17T01:17:37Z")

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You can also change the `StatusLine` face.