Use **Hide element** to take a picked node off the current page so later steps can run without it covering the tab. The runner sets `display: none` on the match. A later [Refresh Page](/steps/refresh-page) or navigation restores the node.

This is not an ad blocker and not a cookie-consent product. It only hides the selector you pick, on this document, until the page is replaced.

## How to add it

**Add Step** → **Hide element**. **Pick on page** writes the selector. **Test hide** uses the same path.

## Not this step

Does not click the node — that is [Click Element](/steps/click-element). Detecting that a banner appeared is [Wait / Delay](/steps/wait-delay) Until. Pressing Escape is [Press key](/steps/press-key).

## Related guides

The [side panel tour](/blog/welcome) lists every Add Step item, including this one.