How to hide HUD in CS:GO – what needs to be done to disable unnecessary elements

HUD (Head-up display) in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are elements of the game interface that are constantly displayed on the screen over a 3D image. These include icons for the map, weapons, ammo, health, armor, game score, time, ping, FPS, and other 2D elements. To better examine the cards, take screenshots, shoot a video, sometimes it is desirable to hide it, so the players have a question about removing the HUD in CS: GO. To do this, use the console commands during the game.

Disable HUD Features
In demo mode	yes
In online	no
In the game with bots	no

How to remove the HUD in CS: GO: available options

Before disabling the HUD in CS:GO, you need to activate the developer console in the game settings. Next, you should start the console by pressing the “~” (“e” in the Russian layout) key. Then, depending on what you need, you should enter the commands:

• «cl_draw_only_deathnotices 1» (without quotes) to leave only the crosshair and kill messages;
• «crosshair “0”» to disable the crosshair without hiding the HUD;
• «cl_drawhud “0”» to completely disable interface elements;
• «impulse 200» to disable the drawing of the character’s hands and weapons;
• «net_graph 0» to disable options (ping, loss, FPS).

Having determined for yourself how to remove the HUD on the demo in CS: GO, you can combine the indicated commands and choose what to leave on the screen and what to hide.

How to enable HUD in CS:GO back

Since the player may want to remove the interface in the CS:GO for a while, it is possible to turn it back on with similar commands, but with other numerical values:

• «cl_draw_only_deathnotices 0» to enable HUD;
• «crosshair “1”» to activate the display of the crosshair;
• «cl_drawhud “0”» for a full enable of HUD;
• «net_graph 0» to activate the display of technical parameters.

A command on the HUD in CS:GO is not required to activate the display of hands and weapons. It is enough to rotate the mouse wheel so that they appear again.

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