Metadata panel – hide fields such as "Genre"?

[Henrik2000]

Hello, the Metadata panel of LR Classic shows differing entry fields like "Genre" or "Province" depending on the subset I select. I can select subsets such as "Minimal", "Standard", "IPTC", "Ad-hoc".

In the Metadata panel, can I HIDE certain entry fields to see only the fields I actually need? For instance I do need fields from the "IPTC" subset, but would love to hide many fields such as "Genre" and all fields about my postal address. If I switch to the  "Standard" subset instead, there are less IPTC fields, but there are other fields confusing me or missing, such as the "Town" field.

In some search, I didn't find a way to hide individual IPTC entry fields to my liking. My only solution for seeing a compact entry mask is to

- start first with the multiple-fields "IPTC" subset and

- later continue in the much more compact "Standard" subset.

But the "IPTC" subset is too full with fields, and "Standard" is too sparse. Any way to hide fields exactly to my liking?

I believe in Bridge I can hide individual fields. And I use Bridge for some tasks, which may include initial population with IPTC info – but for *adding* IPTC tags to existing tags, Lightroom Classic seems much better.

Thanks for your suggestions!

[Per Berntsen · Accepted solution]

You can customize the Default view of the metadata panel by clicking Customize at the bottom of the panel.

You can also rearrange the order of items by clicking Arrange at the bottom of the Customize dialog.

     

[Henrik2000]

Thanks Per, for info and screenshots, very helpful! I hadn't noticed the Customize Button so far, because i rarely used the "Default" subset (i often used "IPTC" instead); and in the other subsets, apart from "Default", the Customize Button isn't available. But now i found the Customize button und will put it to good use right away - thanks again!

[johnrellis]

If you want more than one custom metadata panel, see this plugin:

https://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/metadata-presets

[Henrik2000]

John, thanks, good hint!