If you don’t need to see a column of data, you could shrink the size down so the column is very small, but that creates unnecessary clutter. Therefore, Access lets you hide a column of data.

If you want to hide the Contact Name column, right-click the title and select Hide Columns. You can select multiple columns of data too if you like; simply click and drag on one column header and drag over the other adjacent column you wish to hide. Then, right-click and select Hide Columns.

 

 

To restore hidden columns, click Format à Unhide Columns. The Unhide Columns dialog box appears:

 

 

Any hidden columns appear with blank checkboxes beside them. You can check and uncheck any column you like here to show/hide them. As you select and deselect checkboxes, you can see the changes happening on your table.