# WinHide

Hides the specified window.

    WinHide , WinTitle, WinText, ExcludeTitle, ExcludeText

## Parameters

WinTitle

  A window title or other criteria identifying the target window. See WinTitle.

WinText

  If present, this parameter must be a substring from a single text element of the target window (as revealed by the included Window Spy utility). Hidden text elements are detected if DetectHiddenText is ON.

ExcludeTitle

  Windows whose titles include this value will not be considered.

ExcludeText

  Windows whose text include this value will not be considered.

## Remarks

Use WinShow to unhide a hidden window (DetectHiddenWindows can be either On or Off to do this).

This command operates only upon the topmost matching window except when WinTitle is ahk_group GroupName, in which case all windows in the group are affected.

The Explorer taskbar may be hidden/shown as follows:

    WinHide ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
    WinShow ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd

## Related

WinShow, SetTitleMatchMode, DetectHiddenWindows, Last Found Window, WinSet

## Examples

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    Run, notepad.exe
    WinWait, Untitled - Notepad
    Sleep, 500
    WinHide ; use the window found above
    Sleep, 1000
    WinShow