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How to hide/remove “Uncategorized” stack in Kanban element on Airtable Interface Designer?

  • May 22, 2026
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yusri
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Hi everyone,

I’m using a Kanban element in Airtable Interface Designer, stacked by a Single Select field.

The issue is that an extra stack called “Uncategorized” keeps appearing, even though:

  •  “Uncategorized” is not an option in my Single Select field
  • One of the Single Select options is already set as the default
  • I checked the records and found no records where this Single Select field is empty

I also found an old community thread from around 9 years ago discussing a similar issue: [HERE]

From what I understand, the suggested workaround was to collapse the stack, but I couldn’t find a clear solution to fully hide or remove it. Please correct me if I missed something

Has anyone found a current workaround for this in Interface Designer Kanban?

Thank you!

- Yusri

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ScottWorld
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  • May 22, 2026

In edit mode, click on your kanban chart, and then in the right margin, choose “hide empty stacks”.

- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant 

yusri
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  • May 22, 2026

Hi ​@ScottWorld, thank you for the suggestion.

I understand that “Hide empty stacks” can hide the Uncategorized stack if it is empty. However, I don’t want to hide all empty stacks.

In my use case, the Kanban is used to let users update the Current Status by dragging records from one stack to another. So even if one of the valid status stacks is currently empty, I still want it to remain visible as a drop target. If it is hidden, users can’t drag records into that status anymore.

That’s why I’m only trying to hide the “Uncategorized” stack, not all empty stacks.

My goal is to let users change the Current Status directly through this Interface Kanban. Please let me know if the Kanban element in Airtable Interface Designer is not really designed for this type of workflow, or if there is another recommended setup for this use case.

Thank you again.

- Yusri
phoebelindo
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  • May 22, 2026

Unfortunately Airtable just adds “Uncategorized” for any Kanban board visualization and I don’t think there’s a way to remove it. The workaround here is to use the hide empty stacks solution that ​@ScottWorld mentioned above and keep placeholders records in the other stacks that you want to always show up. But I’d add this to the Product Ideas box here / mention to your CSM if you have one since this does feel like it should be built in functionality.

Phoebe Lindo | Product Operations Manager
ScottWorld
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  • May 22, 2026

​@yusri 

Oh, I see — you want to hide the “uncategorized” stack when it’s empty, but not hide the other empty stacks when they’re empty.

Yeah, unfortunately, as ​@phoebelindo said, that is not possible. You can use her workaround idea of keeping at least one placeholder record in each stack at all times, but besides that, there’s nothing else that we can do.

Also, as she said, be sure to submit this as a feature request using the product feedback form here.

Hope this helps!

- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant 

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