How to Hide Code in a Jupyter Notebook PDF (Show Only Outputs)

Export a Jupyter notebook to PDF without code cells: use nbconvert --no-input, cell tags like remove_input, or one switch in ipynbtopdfscanner.

Updated 2026-11-03 · by the ipynbtopdfscanner team

Hide all code with nbconvert

jupyter nbconvert --to pdf --no-input notebook.ipynb

--no-input removes every code cell and its In [ ] prompt, leaving text and outputs. Use --no-prompt to keep the code but drop the In [ ] / Out [ ] labels.

Hide only some cells with tags

1. In JupyterLab, open the property inspector (gear icon) and add a tag to the cell, e.g. remove_input (hide code, keep output) or remove_cell (hide everything).
2. Export with the tag remover turned on:

jupyter nbconvert --to pdf notebook.ipynb \
  --TagRemovePreprocessor.enabled=True \
  --TagRemovePreprocessor.remove_input_tags='{"remove_input"}' \
  --TagRemovePreprocessor.remove_cell_tags='{"remove_cell"}'

The easy way: ipynbtopdfscanner

• Hide all code: switch off Show code in PDF settings.
• Hide one cell: tap or hover over it in the preview and choose Hide this cell. Undo is one tap away.
• Hide outputs, text or labels: use the Show outputs, Show text and In [ ] / Out [ ] switches.
• Cell tags remove-cell, remove-input, remove-output and hide-input are respected automatically.