Hide Transactions in Monzo app

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I think this is a pretty legitimate want/need. Let’s say you’ve purchased something from, say, a sex toy shop. If you’re showing Monzo to a friend or something (which, of course, we do all the time), I can imagine you might not want the risk that they see the transaction.

Or perhaps you’ve gone to a gay bar but you’re not out. And you don’t want the (potentially very significant) risk of that being seen by a parent or whatever.

I do think the posts in this thread are tending more towards telling the OP that they’re wrong for wanting this, rather than perhaps considering why it might be useful.

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24

Maybe that’s because they didn’t explain those scenarios.

Now that I understand the potential use case better, I can see why this could be useful :slight_smile:

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25

The main practical issue would just be ensuring customers didn’t get confused if they forget that they’ve hidden it, and deciding where it should/shouldn’t appear.

e.g. it probably has to appear on the statement, and probably should on CSV/QIF exports, but should it appear when you search? Should there be a section somewhere where you can see all your hidden ones?

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I can see how this could be useful but I can also see how it could be open to abuse. Tricky one this but don’t think it’s a bad idea!

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Yeah, that’s not what OP was saying though. Those reasons I understand, and was expecting that to be raised, but OP was saying

or people who use to have a gambling addiction or for people who have mental health qnd some transactions they dont wanna be reminded of what that spent money on

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There’s only a limited number of transactions you can see on your screen so unless you scroll to look for them it’s not there looking at you anyway. Gay bar - pay cash, adult toy purchase > generally retailers are discrete
Would be very unhelpful to me as head in the sand mentality doesn’t deal with issues

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I imagine if you bought an engagement ring or were planning some sort of surprise it could be useful but I have no idea how Monzo could implement it without confusion.

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30

it wouldnt confuse people all u would do is slide ur finger over the transaction and it hides it but it dont delete it

31

It’s finding it again after it’s been hidden that’s the problem &/or knowing that a transaction’s been hidden. I can’t see how to find hidden transactions in Revolut’s app.

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32

I’d read that you can log out and log back in again…

I’m stilling trying to find the log out button!

Edit - Found it and it works.

When you log out and log back in, the previously hidden transactions reappear.

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Yeah, not exactly fool proof then.

34

Imagine hiding 100’s of transactions… only to be logged out :see_no_evil:

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35

well yeah cause who would keep signing out of monzo unless its by accident i doubt it that people do

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I think the point is that having no way to view the hidden transactions unless “resetting everything” by logging out, isn’t a great implementation.

It would be better to have a toggle, or a place where you could review hidden transactions if you needed to.

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yeah that would be a good idea to have them somewhere case u needed to view them but for me the ones i hide i dont wanna see again

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38

I see you look at your finances like my wife looks at me.

Hoping she can hide me away never to be seen again.

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39

What does the pulse do when you hide a transaction? It can’t just drop without showing you why in the feed?

I agree this has some validity as a function btw I just don’t know how you do it. Maybe you could move transactions to a pot or something.

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it wouldnt have to affect the pulse as u aint deleting the transaction ur just hiding it

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Sometimes I’ve had to sign in and out to access a newly released feature flag

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42

I still think you’d just be better running a second, secret account in all the gay bar/sex toy scenarios, as was mentioned above.

In fact, why not Revolut as it’s not a real bank account?

(For the record, I don’t think either of these are ‘problems’ in the same way that gambling and mental health compulsiveness are, but I do understand the desire for discretion anyway.)

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