# Hide and Show sprites doesn't work

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** solved, beginner, help
**Created:** [November 20, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601 "2021-11-20T06:40:12Z")
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### Author: ![a00227600qb2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@a00227600qb2](https://community.thunkable.com/u/a00227600qb2)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601/1 "2021-11-20T06:40:12Z")

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I’m working on some code, first I couldn’t make the sprites hidden to then show, so I added hide sprite blocks when the screen started, but they don’t hide

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### Author: ![ant\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ant_1/32/183393_2.png) [@ant\_1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ant_1)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601/2 "2021-11-20T06:42:58Z")

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What are you exactly talking about sprites?

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### Author: ![a00227600qb2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@a00227600qb2](https://community.thunkable.com/u/a00227600qb2)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601/3 "2021-11-20T06:51:46Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/1/518c938af35ee5044a3a83cd5dc4a8c8f2c6a623.png)  
like here, they’re placed on a canvas

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### Author: ![ant\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ant_1/32/183393_2.png) [@ant\_1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ant_1)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601/4 "2021-11-20T07:12:51Z")

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Did you use when `*Screen_1 opens*` or when Screen\_1 starts?

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### Author: ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601/5 "2021-11-20T07:21:08Z")

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You will need to show screenshots of your blocks.

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### Author: ![a00227600qb2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@a00227600qb2](https://community.thunkable.com/u/a00227600qb2)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601/6 "2021-11-20T07:24:03Z")

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I had it in when it opens, but I realized that I didn’t need the sprites to move, so I changed to an image and select what it displays

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/hide-and-show-sprites-doesnt-work/1625601/7 "2022-02-18T07:24:05Z")

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