# Hide or mask sensitive answers from team members

You can hide a field completely or mask its answer for selected team roles on your Business team.

1. Open **Members**, then choose **Settings**.
2. In **Visibility Control**, choose **Mask Rules (n)** or **Hide Rules (n)**, then click **Add Rule**.
3. Under **Rule Type**, choose **Mask** or **Hide**. Enter a description and a pattern in **Regex Pattern (for field names) \***.

   Patterns match a question's field name. The visible label doesn't count. You can match anywhere in the name, and capitalization doesn't matter.

4. For a mask, set **Mask Character**. Then set **Show Position** and **Visible Chars**. You can show the first or last 1 to 8 characters.

   Short answers no longer than the number you show are masked completely. The default mask character is `*`.

5. Under **Apply to Roles**, choose the roles the rule should affect. New rules have editor and viewer selected.

   Owners see full data unless you select the owner role. If you select no roles, the rule applies to everyone except the owner.

6. Click **Add Rule**, then click **Save Changes** on the card. The rule isn't stored until you save.

Use **Test Pattern (Optional)** to check a pattern against sample field names.

A mask leaves text and numbers partly visible, including each text item in a list.

You can't partly mask files or other non-text values.

A hide rule removes the matching field from your team members' submission views, along with its value.

Rules apply to every form on your team. You can't set one for a single form or a single person.

Rules look at field names. They never look at what's in an answer. To see or change a question's field name, read [Name question fields](/help/guides/name-question-fields).

You need to be a team owner to manage visibility rules. Admins can't edit them.