# Hide Components From a Published Library

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/hide-components-from-a-published-library/10748>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** component, library\
**Created:** [July 23, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/hide-components-from-a-published-library/10748 "2026-07-23T11:08:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Arvid](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/arvid/32/10861_2.png) [@Arvid](https://community.penpot.app/u/Arvid)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/hide-components-from-a-published-library/10748/1 "2026-07-23T11:08:47Z")

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Hi,

I have a library that has some helper components in it. I would like to hide those from publishing in the library, as they are not supposed to be part of this specific library.

Example: My library might contain a heading component that I use for component documentation purposes but that is not part of my design system. Or a component I have for swapping into another component, that is only there for demonstration purposes.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![LauraKalbag](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/laurakalbag/32/5014_2.png) [@LauraKalbag](https://community.penpot.app/u/LauraKalbag)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/hide-components-from-a-published-library/10748/2 "2026-08-05T15:48:38Z")

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I agree this would be a really helpful feature! Right now, I create components (and tokens) like this under a “Meta / ” group to keep those components separate from the components I want to share.