Help:Options to hide an image

This help page is a how-to guide. It explains concepts or processes used by the Wikipedia community. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of consensus.

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Some readers may not wish to see certain images on Wikipedia for various reasons—such images may be unsuitable for a work environment, they may wish to prevent children from viewing them, they may be spoilers for a certain work, or their religious or personal beliefs may discourage exposure to such content.

Wikipedia is not censored, meaning that content is not removed simply because some find it objectionable. No specific disclaimers are placed on articles to warn readers about potentially sensitive content. All articles fall under Wikipedia’s Content disclaimer, which applies site-wide.

However, readers who wish to prevent certain images from displaying have options to customize their experience.

This page is more suitable for you if:

1. you still want to visit Wikipedia (rather than creating a fork or simply staying away) and,
2. you find an image offensive but, apart from your perception of its offensiveness, have nothing more to add, within the premises of Wikipedia policies, to the discussions pertaining to replacement or removal of images by building consensus.

Wikipedia readers can influence how Wikipedia content is displayed on their screens in two ways:

1. By creating an account and reading Wikipedia while logged in. Logged-in users can use personal Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to display images selectively. See § Wikipedia user preferences.
2. By filtering content locally, either by configuring their web browser (including the possibility to display no images at all), or by setting up a proxy (such as Privoxy). See § Configure your browser.