# What is the point of all these constraint icons? Can I hide them?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-all-these-constraint-icons-can-i-hide-them/35154 "2024-11-14T08:23:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mindful\_Mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Mindful\_Mayhem](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mindful_Mayhem)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-all-these-constraint-icons-can-i-hide-them/35154/1 "2024-11-14T08:23:03Z")

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These little square “buttons” with constraint icons are always in the way, and they don’t seem to do anything except turn blue when I click them, do they actually do anything, or just to show that there is a constraint? Also how can I remove them?

 ![constraint icons](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/7/e78bce955892d26962a734db89dee57659287259.png)

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**Author:** ![Lys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lys](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Lys)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-all-these-constraint-icons-can-i-hide-them/35154/2 "2024-11-14T08:39:49Z")

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Have you tried disabling “Always Show Constraints” on the Constraint setting? This way, you won’t see the constraints until you hover over them.  
You can also zoom into the sketch so that they are more spaced out.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/2/e2a497485964654e7978c1261a8e0d18c40ccf3b.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/8/e80dc73834f3224d66ba33be5c2ea54a67343841.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Mindful\_Mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Mindful\_Mayhem](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Mindful_Mayhem)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-all-these-constraint-icons-can-i-hide-them/35154/3 "2024-11-14T08:52:31Z")

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Oh, thank you, that did it