From 4a406457a7b6928319bb2c766b8028bca164032a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YashRaj <91825864+YashRajCodes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:17:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat(hideMessages): add a plugin to hide messages temporarily
 (#833)

* feat(hideMessages): add a plugin to hide messages temporarily

* refactor(hideMessages): remove redundant async

* feat(hideMessages): add settings to control visibility of the hide button in message popover

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Co-authored-by: thororen <78185467+thororen1234@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/equicordplugins/hideMessages/index.tsx | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/equicordplugins/hideMessages/index.tsx

diff --git a/src/equicordplugins/hideMessages/index.tsx b/src/equicordplugins/hideMessages/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca5feb6bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/equicordplugins/hideMessages/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Vencord, a Discord client mod
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Vendicated and contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { findGroupChildrenByChildId, NavContextMenuPatchCallback } from "@api/ContextMenu";
+import { definePluginSettings } from "@api/Settings";
+import { EquicordDevs } from "@utils/constants";
+import definePlugin, { IconComponent, OptionType } from "@utils/types";
+import { Message } from "@vencord/discord-types";
+import { findExportedComponentLazy } from "@webpack";
+import { ChannelStore, FluxDispatcher, Menu } from "@webpack/common";
+
+const EyeIconLazy = findExportedComponentLazy("EyeIcon");
+const EyeIcon: IconComponent = props => <EyeIconLazy {...props} />;
+
+const hideMessage = (messageId: string, channelId: string) => {
+    FluxDispatcher.dispatch({
+        type: "MESSAGE_DELETE",
+        id: messageId,
+        channelId,
+        mlDeleted: true,
+    });
+};
+
+const messageCtxPatch: NavContextMenuPatchCallback = (children, { message }: { message: Message; }) => {
+    const group = findGroupChildrenByChildId("copy-text", children);
+    if (!group) return;
+
+    group.splice(group.findIndex(c => c?.props?.id === "copy-text") + 1, 0, (
+        <Menu.MenuItem
+            id="vc-hidemessages"
+            label="Hide"
+            icon={EyeIcon}
+            action={() => hideMessage(message.id, message.channel_id)}
+        />
+    ));
+};
+
+const settings = definePluginSettings({
+    hidePopoverButton: {
+        type: OptionType.BOOLEAN,
+        description: "Hide the hide button in the message popover.",
+        default: false
+    }
+});
+
+export default definePlugin({
+    name: "HideMessages",
+    description: "A plugin to temporarily hide messages until you restart.",
+    authors: [EquicordDevs.yash],
+    contextMenus: {
+        "message": messageCtxPatch
+    },
+    settings,
+    messagePopoverButton: {
+        icon: EyeIcon,
+        render(message: Message) {
+            if (settings.store.hidePopoverButton) return null;
+            return {
+                label: "Hide",
+                icon: EyeIcon,
+                message,
+                channel: ChannelStore.getChannel(message.channel_id),
+                onClick: () => hideMessage(message.id, message.channel_id)
+            };
+        }
+    }
+});