# Option to Hide File Formats in Open Dialog?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646 "2019-09-28T03:49:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jkulesza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jkulesza)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646/1 "2019-09-28T03:49:39Z")
Is there an option in the preferences (or elsewhere) that allows me to hide file types in the “Open File…” dialog that I will _never_ use? Sorry if I’m overlooking it, but nothing obvious is apparent.
There are _lots_ of supported file types (a good thing), but the many I don’t use get in the way of selecting the few that I do. If I could hide those I don’t use, it would make the drop-down menu much more functional for me.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646/2 "2019-09-30T02:42:07Z")
This is not supported by ParaView (yet), you will need to build your own ParaView based application to do that.
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### Author:  [@jkulesza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jkulesza)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646/3 "2019-09-30T02:55:17Z")
> [@mwestphal](#):
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> This is not supported by ParaView (yet)
Does this suggest such a capability is on the way? If not, is this a reasonable enhancement request?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646/4 "2019-09-30T02:58:44Z")
It is not on the way. It is reasonable as long as it is in the advanced settings imo.
Feel free to open an feature request issue. This not a very small one and will probably require funding to go ahead.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646/5 "2019-10-01T20:01:21Z")
> [@jkulesza](#):
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> There are _lots_ of supported file types (a good thing), but the many I don’t use get in the way of selecting the few that I do. If I could hide those I don’t use, it would make the drop-down menu much more functional for me.
You should be able to just select the files you want to load without selecting the file type. Does that not work?
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### Author:  [@jkulesza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jkulesza)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646/6 "2019-10-01T20:39:48Z")
> [@cory.quammen](#):
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> You should be able to just select the files you want to load without selecting the file type. Does that not work?
Good question. Yes, what you describe works as expected. The situation arises when I have multiple output files of different types in the same directory. Downselecting to the type I want is what can be frustrating, particularly if I need to scroll toward the bottom of the format choices.