Title: Admin Sortable Icons
Last modified: November 30, 2025

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# Admin Sortable Icons

 *  Resolved [wilcochris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilcochris/)
 * (@wilcochris)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-sortable-icons/)
 * Does anybody know of a way to get rid of the stupid sortable icons under each
   checkbox on the lists.
 * It is shown in the image. It shows on almost every page where there is a list
   of items. It’s ugly and very annoying.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.chriswilcox.me.uk/wp-sortable.png?ssl=1)

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-sortable-icons/#post-18736917)
 * You can certainly hide it with custom CSS. But I’m wondering which lists you 
   mean? In the page or post view, there are sorting options in the table header,
   but they are never under a checkbox. Can you show us what you see in a larger
   screenshot?
 *  Thread Starter [wilcochris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilcochris/)
 * (@wilcochris)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-sortable-icons/#post-18736928)
 * I tried to hide it with custom CSS but that doesn’t work.
 * I used the dev console to check for the CSS used and it gives me this as the 
   class:
   `check-column ui-sortable-handleWhen I add that to the custom CSS and 
   set it as display:none, it has no effect on the admin panel.
 * It isn’t everywhere that it shows this, but it is more often than not it shows.
   These all show in the admin panel. There is nothing in the screen options to 
   hide these.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.chriswilcox.me.uk/wp1.png?ssl=1)
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.chriswilcox.me.uk/wp2.png?ssl=1)
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.chriswilcox.me.uk/wp3.png?ssl=1)
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.chriswilcox.me.uk/wp4.png?ssl=1)
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-sortable-icons/#post-18736961)
 * This isn’t from WordPress; I can’t see it anywhere in my view. I suspect that
   you are using a plugin that allows you to sort all entries in post types. I’m
   guessing it’s this one: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-order/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-order/)
 * Check your plugins to see if you have this plugin installed. If so, you just 
   need to deactivate it to get rid of these arrows. However, if you actually need
   it somewhere, you can specify in its settings where the sorting should be displayed
   and where not.
 * It could also be another plugin, but that’s what comes to mind right away, as
   it adds exactly such arrows there.
 *  Thread Starter [wilcochris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilcochris/)
 * (@wilcochris)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-sortable-icons/#post-18736987)
 * Hey, thank you for the response.
 * You solved the issue. I had totally forgotten I had installed this plugin.
 * All sorted now. Thank you again.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [wilcochris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilcochris/)
 * Last activity: [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-sortable-icons/#post-18736987)
 * Status: resolved

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