Time Stamp Hider

中文说明

Install from Obsidian Community Plugins

Time Stamp Hider is an Obsidian plugin that hides timestamp prefixes in Zettelkasten-style internal links and note titles.

Demo

It is designed for notes named like this:

2603040057 Zettelkasten笔记法
2603162135 Obsidian 说明书

The links can be displayed like this:

Zettelkasten笔记法
Obsidian 说明书

The original filenames and Markdown content are not changed.

Features

• Hides timestamp prefixes in Reading View internal links.
• Hides timestamp prefixes in Live Preview internal links where stable editor rendering allows it.
• Optionally hides timestamp prefixes in native workspace tab titles and Vertical Tabs.
• Optionally hides timestamp prefixes in titles shown inside notes.
• Keeps Markdown source, wikilinks, aliases, frontmatter, filenames, backlinks, renaming, and Obsidian indexing untouched.
• Supports a custom regular expression for the prefix.
• Can be enabled or disabled from the plugin settings.

Default Pattern

The default prefix pattern is:

^\d{10}\s+

This matches filenames that start with a 10-digit timestamp followed by one or more spaces.

For example:

2603040057 Zettelkasten笔记法

is displayed as:

Zettelkasten笔记法

What This Plugin Does Not Do

Time Stamp Hider only changes display text in supported rendered editor surfaces.

It does not:

• Rename files.
• Modify Markdown files.
• Modify link targets.
• Generate aliases.
• Read or depend on frontmatter titles.
• Change Obsidian's link resolution, rename behavior, backlinks, outgoing links, search index, or graph data.
• Patch Obsidian's internal File Explorer, Search Results, Backlinks, Outgoing Links, Quick Switcher, or Graph View UI.

Live Preview Behavior

In Live Preview, the plugin keeps links editable:

• Normal click reveals the original [[...]] source so you can edit the link.
• Moving the cursor into or next to the link reveals the original source.
• Ctrl/Cmd + click opens the linked note.

Settings

Open Settings → Community plugins → Time Stamp Hider.

Available settings:

• Hide timestamp: Enable or disable hiding in rendered internal link text.
• Hide timestamp in tab titles: Hide the prefix in native workspace tabs and Vertical Tabs. This is off by default.
• Hide timestamp in inline titles: Hide the prefix in titles shown inside notes. This is off by default.
• Timestamp regular expression: Customize the prefix pattern. Invalid regular expressions are ignored and shown in the settings UI.

The settings interface follows Obsidian's current language. English and Simplified Chinese are currently supported; all other languages fall back to English.

Installation

Install Time Stamp Hider from its Obsidian Community Plugins page, or install it from inside Obsidian:

1. Open Settings → Community plugins.
2. Search for Time Stamp Hider.
3. Install and enable the plugin.

Manual Installation

Download the latest release files and place them in:

<vault>/.obsidian/plugins/time-stamp-hider/

Required files:

• main.js
• manifest.json

Then reload Obsidian and enable the plugin.

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build:

npm run build

The compiled plugin entrypoint is main.js.

License

MIT