# Hide the menu sidebar from url param

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438 "2017-02-17T07:07:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438/1 "2017-02-17T07:07:26Z")

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any way that I can hide the menu sidebar by one url param

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438/2 "2017-02-17T08:16:34Z")

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No, this is not possible to hide via a URL parameter. The expand/collapse state of the left nav is stored in the browser's localStorage, in the `kibana.isGlobalNavOpen` key.

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**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438/3 "2017-02-17T09:56:23Z")

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cannot I add some listener of the ng-route and change the kibana.isGlobalNavOpen key.?

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438/4 "2017-02-18T03:43:30Z")

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Sure, you might be able to do that. Try it out!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438/5 "2017-03-18T03:44:11Z")

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