How do I permanently hide the new "Views" section on the left side of the page?

[Peg_Ivanyo]

There is a new “Views” column that comes up on the left now. I can toggle it off, but it returns every time I open something new.

How do I PERMANENTLY toggle it OFF? It takes up too much space and for someone used to using views regularly, it is not needed.

[kuovonne]

You can’t permanently turn it off. It is a new feature that Airtable is testing out. Several people have already requested the ability to go back to the old functionality. I think we have to wait until Airtable makes the change.

Here is another thread that discusses it:

Product Suggestion: Please stop showing new View Sidebar Product Suggestions

From Airtable support: Thank you for your feedback. As a company, we’re always seeking to improve the product experience; the new view sidebar is an experimental product change that some (but not all) of our users have access to right now. Depending on the results of the experiment and customer feedback, we may either roll out this new view sidebar to all customers or revert back to the old view switcher. If you have any more thoughts about this change, please let us know! Take me out of th…

[Peg_Ivanyo]

Thanks so much! I’ve left a comment on the more thorough discussion. For some reason I wasn’t able to find it when I searched earlier.

[Davide_Cencini]

The new View sidebar is ok, but does it have to be open by default? Every time I open a base it’s there. It’s just a waste of time to close it manually if the default view is what I want. All I wish is the option to turn it off.

[Christian_Cee]

I NEVER had any complaints about airtable, infact, I loved it until… this annoying “views” category continuing to pop up all through out my day, every day. I am currently looking for other options from other apps to see if I find something with better user experience.