# Privacy and visibility

Not every score should be shown to the room. A parent may have asked that their gymnast's results stay private, or an entire level (a rec-league division, for example) may be scored internally without public ranking. Gym Art Meets has two toggles for this: one per gymnast, one per level.

Both toggles affect the **projector** and the **public Gym Art app** at the same time. Organizers always see every score in the admin dashboard — these settings only control what spectators see. You don't need to configure anything on the projector itself; the toggles live on the gymnast profile and the level, and the projector respects them automatically.

## Hide a single gymnast

Use this when one gymnast needs their scores kept private for the event.

1. From the meet dashboard, go to **Gymnasts** and open the gymnast's profile.
2. Click the **Visibility** tab.
3. Turn **Show Scores** off.

The gymnast's row disappears from every [leaderboard display](/projector/create-a-leaderboard-display.md) and [latest scores display](/projector/create-a-latest-scores-display.md) across all loops and all projectors. Two related toggles control the rest of their public presence:

* **Show Ranks** — hides their ranking number (they still appear, just without a placement)
* **Show Videos** — hides any routine videos recorded by Judge's Companion from the public Gym Art app

Click **Save** when you're done. Changes propagate to every running projector on the next cycle — no need to restart anything.

## Hide an entire level

Use this when a whole [level](/levels/index.md) should be excluded from public display (typically pre-competitive or recreational groups).

1. From the meet dashboard, go to **Levels** and open the level.
2. Click the **Level Settings** tab.
3. Turn **Display Results** off.

The subtitle on that toggle reads: *"When enabled, the public will see this level's results in the Gym Art app and on the projector."* Turn it off and every gymnast in that level drops out of the projector and the public app, all at once. The same tab also has:

* **Show Ranks** — same scope, controls whether the level's placements show publicly
* **Show Videos** — same scope, controls routine video visibility

Click **Save** when you're done.

## What still works when a gymnast or level is hidden

| Surface                                                  | Hidden gymnast? | Hidden level?  |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------- |
| Projector (leaderboard + latest scores)                  | Excluded        | Excluded       |
| Public Gym Art app (what spectators see on their phones) | Excluded        | Excluded       |
| Admin dashboard and leaderboard                          | Still visible   | Still visible  |
| Judge's Companion                                        | Still visible   | Still visible  |
| PDF exports                                              | Still included  | Still included |
| Scoring itself                                           | Unaffected      | Unaffected     |

Scores are still entered, verified, and tracked internally. Only public display is suppressed.

## Things to keep in mind

* **Level toggle wins over gymnast toggle.** If a level has Display Results off, every gymnast in it is hidden even if their individual Show Scores is on.
* **Changes are immediate.** As soon as you save, the next projector cycle pulls the updated visibility. You don't need to reload the projector window or re-launch the loop.
* **"Hidden" means hidden, not deleted.** Flip the toggle back on at any time and the scores reappear exactly where they were.

## Related

* [Create a leaderboard display](/projector/create-a-leaderboard-display.md)
* [Create a latest scores display](/projector/create-a-latest-scores-display.md)
* [Publish live scores](/results/publish-live-scores.md) — The meet-wide public/private toggle (a level above these settings)
* [Projector display overview](/projector/index.md)


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