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Hide Content Inside a Notion Block
+ hidden groups, Calendar status property, & Claude inside Notion

Hey — it’s James
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In Today’s Email 👀
Hidden groups truly hidden
Notion Calendar status property
Claude Sonnet & Opus 4 in Notion
How to hide content inside a block
Set up and use AI meeting notes < 2min
What can’t AI do?
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3 Tips / Updates
1/ Hide groups for real
Hidden groups are now truly hidden! This feature has bothered me since I first started using Notion, so I'm thrilled they finally changed it.

When you enable the "Hide empty groups" option and there are no items to display, your database will look like this:

The "All groups are hidden" text is clickable and takes you straight to the database's grouping settings. You can also still add new items using the blue New
button.
2/ Notion Calendar Status property
If you have integrated a Notion database into your Notion Calendar and your database has a Status property, you can now view and edit status options directly inside Notion Calendar!
They're gradually rolling out all Notion properties inside NC, which is super exciting.
Which property do you think is next? 👀

3/ Sonnet & Opus 4 in Notion
A quick reminder that Claude Sonnet 4 & Claude Opus 4 are available as LLM models inside Notion AI. You can select them from the dropdown menu next to the Ask
section on your Home page.

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2 Resources
1/ Hide stuff inside Notion blocks!
A 2-minute video showing you how to hide content inside Notion blocks by leveraging a simple fact: everything in Notion is a block, and each block is a page that can contain child items.
I have no idea how he discovered this 😂
2/ How to setup AI meeting notes
If you haven't tried AI meeting notes yet, here's a quick X/Twitter thread that explains how to set them up and use them (tested and approved) ↓
How to set up AI Meeting Notes in Notion
Takes 2 minutes, saves hours 🧵— Notion (@NotionHQ)
4:38 PM • May 28, 2025
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So, what can it do?
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6:14 PM • Apr 28, 2025
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