When you’re running submissions that are reviewed or judged by a panel, fairness and objectivity are everything. One simple but powerful way to support that is by hiding certain fields from reviewers—especially information that could unintentionally influence decisions. This is often referred to as blind review.
Why hide fields from reviewers?
In many creative, academic, or competitive contexts, reviewers should be evaluating the work itself, not the person behind it.
You might want to hide fields that include:
Name
Email address
Physical address
Demographic or ethnicity information
Any identifying details that could introduce bias
By hiding these fields, you help ensure that submissions are assessed on merit alone—reducing conscious or unconscious bias and increasing trust in your process.
Importantly, this doesn’t mean the data disappears. It’s simply restricted to the right people.
How to hide a field from reviewers
You can hide a field directly from the form builder:
Go to the Project for the form you want to hide and head to the Settings
Go to the Form Builder to open up the form.
Select the field you want to hide and select edit
Open the Advanced tab
Check the option “Hide from reviewers”
Save your changes
That’s it. From that point on, reviewers will no longer see that field when viewing submissions.
Best practices for blind review
Hide identifying fields before opening submissions
Let reviewers know the process is blind—it builds confidence in the system
Only hide what’s necessary; keep review context intact. Reviewers will be able to see all the other fields that aren't hidden.
Please note - Hidden fields are still visible to the admin team.