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Hidden pages don’t appear in your site’s navigation, but anyone who knows the URL can still access them. For example, if you create a hidden page like guides/hidden-page.mdx, visitors can reach it at docs.yoursite.com/guides/hidden-page. Use hidden pages for content you want users to access or reference as context for AI tools, but don’t want listed in the navigation. If your content requires strict access control, you must configure authentication. To restrict pages to specific user groups, set up group-based access control. See an example of a hidden page.
Some navigation elements like sidebars, dropdowns, and tabs may appear empty or shift layout on hidden pages.

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Hide a page

To hide a page, set hidden: true in the page’s frontmatter or remove it from your docs.json navigation.

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Set hidden: true in frontmatter

Add hidden: true to a page’s frontmatter to remove it from the rendered navigation while still including it in your docs.json configuration. 
---
title: "My hidden page"
hidden: true
---
Search engines cannot index hidden pages. When you set hidden: true, the page is automatically excluded from search engine indexing, sitemaps, and AI context. However, setting noindex: true does not hide a page from navigation. See Disable indexing for more information.

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Remove the page from navigation

If you don’t include a page in your docs.json navigation, you hide it. This method works well for pages that you don’t want to appear in navigation at all.

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Hide a group of pages

To hide a group of pages, set the hidden property to true for the group in your docs.json file: 
"groups": [
  {
    "group": "Getting started",
    "hidden": true,
    "pages": [
      "index",
      "quickstart"
    ]
  },
  {
    "group": "Guides",
    "pages": [
      "guides/hidden-page.mdx",
      "guides/hidden-groups.mdx"
    ]
  }
]
In this example, the Getting started group is hidden and the Guides group is visible.

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Hide a tab

To hide a tab, add the hidden property for the tab in your docs.json file: 
"tabs": [
  {
    "tab": "Home",
    "hidden": true,
    "pages": [
      "index",
      "quickstart"
    ]
  }
]

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Search, SEO, and AI indexing

By default, hidden pages don’t appear in indexing for search engines, documentation site search, or as AI assistant context. To include hidden pages in search results and assistant context, add the seo property to your docs.json: 
"seo": {
    "indexing": "all"
}

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Understanding hidden vs. noindex

The relationship between hidden and noindex is one-directional:
  • hidden: true → automatically applies noindex: Hidden pages are automatically excluded from search engines, sitemaps, and AI context.
  • noindex: true → does NOT apply hidden: Pages with noindex: true remain visible in navigation. They only affect search engine indexing and AI context.
To exclude a specific page from search engines while keeping it visible in navigation, add noindex: true to its frontmatter. To hide a page from navigation and search engines, use hidden: true.