Hide Your Hands
by Tw1l
Hide Your Hands lets a player hide held items and armor on their own character, using hotkeys, on Fabric for 1.20.4.
What it does
A hotkey switches the visibility of held items and armor. A second hotkey toggles the hands, main hand and off hand, so their items disappear from view. Armor can be hidden visually on its own, without changing what the character wears. Pressing a key once hides the chosen element and pressing it again shows it, so the same key reverses the change.
Visibility shifts apply in first-person and third-person views alike, so screenshots and video footage show less clutter. Notifications in English and Russian confirm each visibility change. The mod runs on the client alone, so players install it and servers do not need it, though server permissions are required for certain actions.
Files target only Minecraft 1.20.4 on Fabric, and Fabric API must be installed alongside the mod. The code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Hotkey for held items and armor
A key switches the visibility of the held items and the armor worn by the character.
Hand visibility toggle
A separate hotkey hides or shows the main hand and off hand items.
Visual armor hiding
Armor can be hidden visually while the character keeps wearing it.
First- and third-person support
Hidden items stay hidden in both camera views, so recordings and screenshots look the same from either angle.
Press once to hide, again to show
Each key works as a toggle, and the change is announced in English or Russian.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Screenshots and recordings
Players who record footage or take screenshots can remove held items and armor from the frame without changing their gear.
Cleaner first-person view
Players who find held items distracting can hide them while exploring or building.
Who it’s for: Players who take screenshots or video recordings of Minecraft 1.20.4 with Fabric, and anyone who wants to hide held items or armor visually without removing them from the inventory.
How it compares
Main hand Switch is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.20.1, released under the Apache License 2.0 and open source. hide me armor is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 under All rights reserved, not open source, so it covers armor only. SwapHand is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hide Your Hands | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2025-09-21 |
| Main hand Switch | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2024-01-07 |
| hide me armor | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-02 |
| SwapHand | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-01-30 |
Questions
Does Hide Your Hands need Fabric API?
Does the server need Hide Your Hands installed?
Which Minecraft versions does Hide Your Hands support?
In the catalog
Hide Your Hands is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Press once to hide, press again to show. Visibility changes when you press the key.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hide-your-hands
- Owner
- Tw1l
- Published
- 2025-09-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15