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Hide a Column Using the API

A column is considered hidden when its visible option is false. You can change this option programmatically using the columnOption(id, optionName, optionValue) method. For example, the following code hides an "Email" column:

jQuery
JavaScript
$("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid("columnOption", "Email", "visible", false);
Angular
TypeScript
import { ..., ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { DxDataGridModule, DxDataGridComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild(DxDataGridComponent) dataGrid: DxDataGridComponent;
    hideEmails() () {
        this.dataGrid.instance.columnOption("Email", "visible", false);
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})
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