Title: setTimeout to hide a script – no luck
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# setTimeout to hide a script – no luck

 *  [allisonluke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allisonluke/)
 * (@allisonluke)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settimeout-to-hide-a-script-no-luck/)
 * I want to force a livechat element — activated via a script embedded right there
   in the page editor — to hide after several seconds. The problem I am having is
   the chat box consists of six different elements. I want to hide all but one of
   the elements. Below are the script and the setTimeout code I tried with no luck.
 * The script:
    <script src=”[http://www.sellwithchat.com/scripts/invitation.ashx?company=allisonlaw”></script&gt](http://www.sellwithchat.com/scripts/invitation.ashx?company=allisonlaw”></script&gt);
 * Below is the timeout I am trying to use. “#div.livechat_body” is just one of 
   the elements I want to hide:
    setTimeout(‘$(#div.livechat_body).hide()’,1500)
 * allisonlaw.com

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 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settimeout-to-hide-a-script-no-luck/)
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