diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3057f1a..8f3b1d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
   local branches, remote branches and tags, and the checked-out commit is ringed.
 - **Hides what you don't need.** Hide one branch with its eye button in the sidebar, or
   with <kbd>h</kbd> on a commit. Type a pattern such as `prototypes/*` and choose
-  **hide** or **show only**. gites remembers the filters of each repository.
+  **hide** or **show only**. The eye next to **Tags** hides all tags, also tags added
+  later. gites remembers the filters of each repository.
 - **Folds long straight stretches.** Commits in a row that have no branch, tag, fork or
   merge fold into one dotted line. <kbd>c</kbd> folds all of them, <kbd>space</kbd>
   opens or closes the one at the selected commit.
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 0576c1f..a683db9 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ async function applyRepo(data: RepoData) {
     });
     filters.hidden = saved?.hidden ?? [];
     filters.rules = saved?.rules ?? [];
+    filters.hideTags = saved?.hideTags ?? false;
     collapseAll.value = saved?.collapseAll ?? false;
     filtersLoadedFor = data.root;
     toggled.value = new Set();
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ watch(
     saveTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
       invoke("save_filters", {
         repo: repoRoot,
-        value: { hidden: filters.hidden, rules: filters.rules, collapseAll: collapseAll.value },
+        value: { hidden: filters.hidden, rules: filters.rules, hideTags: filters.hideTags, collapseAll: collapseAll.value },
       }).catch((e) => showToast(`could not save filters: ${e}`));
     }, 300);
   },
diff --git a/src/components/RefTree.vue b/src/components/RefTree.vue
index a295fa0..c37e86e 100644
--- a/src/components/RefTree.vue
+++ b/src/components/RefTree.vue
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@ function toggleFolder(n: TreeNode) {
         <path d="M1.5 4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h3.5l1.5 1.5h6a1 1 0 0 1 1 1V12a1 1 0 0 1-1 1h-11a1 1 0 0 1-1-1z" />
       </svg>
       <span class="name" :title="n.ref?.name ?? n.path">{{ n.label }}</span>
-      <EyeButton :shut="allHidden(n)" @click.stop="emit('toggle', refsUnder(n).map((r) => r.name))" />
+      <EyeButton
+        v-if="kind === 'tag' && filters.hideTags"
+        class="locked"
+        :shut="true"
+        disabled
+        title="all tags are hidden: use the eye next to Tags"
+        @click.stop
+      />
+      <EyeButton v-else :shut="allHidden(n)" @click.stop="emit('toggle', refsUnder(n).map((r) => r.name))" />
     </div>
     <RefTree
       v-if="n.children.length && !closed.has(key(n))"
@@ -80,4 +88,5 @@ function toggleFolder(n: TreeNode) {
 .arrow.open { transform: rotate(90deg); }
 .name { flex: 1; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
 .item:hover :deep(.eye) { opacity: 1; }
+.item :deep(.eye.locked) { opacity: 0.35; cursor: default; }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/components/Sidebar.vue b/src/components/Sidebar.vue
index 5c431c5..2cbabb2 100644
--- a/src/components/Sidebar.vue
+++ b/src/components/Sidebar.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { computed, reactive, ref } from "vue";
 import { refKind, shortName } from "../lib/filter";
 import { buildTree, type TreeNode } from "../lib/tree";
 import type { FilterState, Ref, RefKind } from "../lib/types";
+import EyeButton from "./EyeButton.vue";
 import RefTree from "./RefTree.vue";
 
 const props = defineProps<{
@@ -98,7 +99,15 @@ function onPatternKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
     </section>
 
     <section v-for="g in groups" v-show="byKind[g.kind].length" :key="g.kind" class="group">
-      <h3>{{ g.title }} <span class="count">{{ byKind[g.kind].length }}</span></h3>
+      <h3>
+        {{ g.title }} <span class="count">{{ byKind[g.kind].length }}</span>
+        <EyeButton
+          v-if="g.kind === 'tag'"
+          :shut="!!filters.hideTags"
+          :title="filters.hideTags ? 'show all tags' : 'hide all tags, also tags added later'"
+          @click="filters.hideTags = !filters.hideTags"
+        />
+      </h3>
       <RefTree
         :nodes="trees[g.kind]"
         :kind="g.kind"
@@ -122,6 +131,9 @@ function onPatternKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
   padding: 10px 0 20px;
 }
 h3 {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
   margin: 12px 14px 6px;
   font-size: 11px;
   text-transform: uppercase;
@@ -129,6 +141,8 @@ h3 {
   color: var(--text-dim);
 }
 .count { font-weight: normal; opacity: 0.7; }
+h3 :deep(.eye) { margin-left: auto; margin-right: -6px; }
+h3:hover :deep(.eye) { opacity: 1; }
 .rules { padding: 0 14px; }
 .rules h3 { margin-left: 0; margin-top: 2px; }
 .rules input { width: 100%; }
diff --git a/src/lib/filter.test.ts b/src/lib/filter.test.ts
index 8d0e645..9c2fb39 100644
--- a/src/lib/filter.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/filter.test.ts
@@ -78,3 +78,18 @@ describe("lineOwners", () => {
     expect(owners.get("f")).toBe("refs/heads/feature");
   });
 });
+
+describe("hiding all tags", () => {
+  const state = { hidden: [], rules: [], hideTags: true };
+  it("hides every tag", () => {
+    expect(isRefVisible("refs/tags/v1", state)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isRefVisible("refs/tags/release/2", state)).toBe(false);
+  });
+  it("leaves branches alone", () => {
+    expect(isRefVisible("refs/heads/main", state)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isRefVisible("refs/remotes/origin/main", state)).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it("shows tags again when turned off", () => {
+    expect(isRefVisible("refs/tags/v1", { ...state, hideTags: false })).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/filter.ts b/src/lib/filter.ts
index 1338ee2..28d6339 100644
--- a/src/lib/filter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/filter.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export function globMatch(pattern: string, text: string): boolean {
 
 export function isRefVisible(name: string, state: FilterState): boolean {
   if (state.hidden.includes(name)) return false;
+  if (state.hideTags && name.startsWith("refs/tags/")) return false;
   const short = shortName(name);
   const only = state.rules.filter((r) => r.mode === "only");
   if (only.length > 0 && !only.some((r) => globMatch(r.pattern, short))) return false;
diff --git a/src/lib/types.ts b/src/lib/types.ts
index d53e2d5..b1e7340 100644
--- a/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export interface FilterState {
   /** Full ref names hidden with the eye toggle. */
   hidden: string[];
   rules: FilterRule[];
+  /** Hides every tag, also tags created later. */
+  hideTags?: boolean;
 }
 
 /** A commit as shown on screen, with its parent edges after collapsing. */