diff --git a/openlp/core/display/render.py b/openlp/core/display/render.py
index 82091a84a..f127bf84e 100644
--- a/openlp/core/display/render.py
+++ b/openlp/core/display/render.py
@@ -157,8 +157,11 @@ def remove_tags(text, can_remove_chords=False):
     text = text.replace('<em>', '')
     text = text.replace('</em>', '')
     for tag in FormattingTags.get_html_tags():
-        text = text.replace(tag['start tag'], '')
-        text = text.replace(tag['end tag'], '')
+        if tag['hidden']:
+            text = re.sub(r'' + tag['start tag'] + ".*?" + tag['end tag'], '', text)
+        else:
+            text = text.replace(tag['start tag'], '')
+            text = text.replace(tag['end tag'], '')
     # Remove ChordPro tags
     if can_remove_chords:
         text = remove_chords(text)
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/formattingtags.py b/openlp/core/lib/formattingtags.py
index 67a228a69..c28d3f8a3 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/formattingtags.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/formattingtags.py
@@ -64,90 +64,91 @@ class FormattingTags(object):
                 'start tag': '{r}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:red">',
                 'end tag': '{/r}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Black'),
                 'start tag': '{b}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:black">',
                 'end tag': '{/b}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Blue'),
                 'start tag': '{bl}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:blue">',
                 'end tag': '{/bl}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Yellow'),
                 'start tag': '{y}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:yellow">',
                 'end tag': '{/y}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Green'),
                 'start tag': '{g}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:green">',
                 'end tag': '{/g}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Pink'),
                 'start tag': '{pk}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:#FFC0CB">',
                 'end tag': '{/pk}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Orange'),
                 'start tag': '{o}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:#FFA500">',
                 'end tag': '{/o}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Purple'),
                 'start tag': '{pp}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:#800080">',
                 'end tag': '{/pp}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'White'),
                 'start tag': '{w}',
                 'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:white">',
                 'end tag': '{/w}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Superscript'),
                 'start tag': '{su}', 'start html': '<sup>',
                 'end tag': '{/su}', 'end html': '</sup>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Subscript'),
                 'start tag': '{sb}', 'start html': '<sub>',
                 'end tag': '{/sb}', 'end html': '</sub>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Paragraph'),
                 'start tag': '{p}', 'start html': '<p>', 'end tag': '{/p}',
                 'end html': '</p>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Bold'),
                 'start tag': '{st}', 'start html': '<strong>',
                 'end tag': '{/st}', 'end html': '</strong>',
-                'protected': True, 'temporary': False
+                'protected': True, 'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Italics'),
                 'start tag': '{it}', 'start html': '<em>', 'end tag': '{/it}',
-                'end html': '</em>', 'protected': True, 'temporary': False
+                'end html': '</em>', 'protected': True, 'temporary': False,
+                'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Underline'),
                 'start tag': '{u}',
                 'start html': '<span style="text-decoration: underline;">',
                 'end tag': '{/u}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }, {
                 'desc': translate('OpenLP.FormattingTags', 'Break'),
                 'start tag': '{br}', 'start html': '<br>', 'end tag': '',
                 'end html': '', 'protected': True,
-                'temporary': False
+                'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
             }]
         # Append the base tags.
         FormattingTags.add_html_tags(base_tags)
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ class FormattingTags(object):
         # If we have some user ones added them as well
         if user_expands_string:
             user_tags = json.loads(user_expands_string)
+            for tag in user_tags:
+                if 'hidden' not in tag.keys():
+                    tag['hidden'] = False
             FormattingTags.add_html_tags(user_tags)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagcontroller.py b/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagcontroller.py
index 54f377dc0..249de5774 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagcontroller.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagcontroller.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class FormattingTagController(object):
         self.protected_tags = [tag for tag in FormattingTags.html_expands if tag.get('protected')]
         self.custom_tags = []
 
-    def validate_for_save(self, desc, tag, start_html, end_html):
+    def validate_for_save(self, desc, tag, start_html, end_html, hidden):
         """
         Validate a custom tag and add to the tags array if valid..
 
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class FormattingTagController(object):
         `end_html`
             The end html tag.
 
+        `hidden`
+            option to hide tag content from main window.
+
         """
         for line_number, html1 in enumerate(self.protected_tags):
             if self._strip(html1['start tag']) == tag:
@@ -86,7 +89,8 @@ class FormattingTagController(object):
             'end tag': '{{/{tag}}}'.format(tag=tag),
             'end html': end_html,
             'protected': False,
-            'temporary': False
+            'temporary': False,
+            'hidden': hidden
         }
         self.custom_tags.append(tag)
 
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagdialog.py b/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagdialog.py
index 8fa5fc021..63463650a 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagdialog.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagdialog.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Ui_FormattingTagDialog(object):
         """
         formatting_tag_dialog.setObjectName('formatting_tag_dialog')
         formatting_tag_dialog.setWindowIcon(UiIcons().main_icon)
-        formatting_tag_dialog.resize(725, 548)
+        formatting_tag_dialog.resize(835, 548)
         self.list_data_grid_layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(formatting_tag_dialog)
         self.list_data_grid_layout.setContentsMargins(8, 8, 8, 8)
         self.list_data_grid_layout.setObjectName('list_data_grid_layout')
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Ui_FormattingTagDialog(object):
         self.tag_table_widget.setSelectionBehavior(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.SelectRows)
         self.tag_table_widget.setCornerButtonEnabled(False)
         self.tag_table_widget.setObjectName('tag_table_widget')
-        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnCount(4)
+        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnCount(5)
         self.tag_table_widget.setRowCount(0)
         self.tag_table_widget.horizontalHeader().setStretchLastSection(True)
         item = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem()
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class Ui_FormattingTagDialog(object):
         self.tag_table_widget.setHorizontalHeaderItem(2, item)
         item = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem()
         self.tag_table_widget.setHorizontalHeaderItem(3, item)
+        item = QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem()
+        self.tag_table_widget.setHorizontalHeaderItem(4, item)
         self.list_data_grid_layout.addWidget(self.tag_table_widget)
         self.edit_button_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
         self.new_button = QtWidgets.QPushButton(formatting_tag_dialog)
@@ -126,6 +128,9 @@ class Ui_FormattingTagDialog(object):
         self.tag_table_widget.horizontalHeaderItem(1).setText(translate('OpenLP.FormattingTagDialog', 'Tag'))
         self.tag_table_widget.horizontalHeaderItem(2).setText(translate('OpenLP.FormattingTagDialog', 'Start HTML'))
         self.tag_table_widget.horizontalHeaderItem(3).setText(translate('OpenLP.FormattingTagDialog', 'End HTML'))
-        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnWidth(0, 120)
-        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnWidth(1, 80)
-        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnWidth(2, 330)
+        self.tag_table_widget.horizontalHeaderItem(4).setText(translate('OpenLP.FormattingTagDialog',
+                                                                        'Hide content from Live/Preview'))
+        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnWidth(0, 80)
+        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnWidth(1, 40)
+        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnWidth(2, 320)
+        self.tag_table_widget.setColumnWidth(3, 150)
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagform.py b/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagform.py
index 835759424..0c74ed647 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagform.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/formattingtagform.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class EditColumn(object):
     Tag = 1
     StartHtml = 2
     EndHtml = 3
+    Hidden = 4
 
 
 class FormattingTagForm(QtWidgets.QDialog, Ui_FormattingTagDialog, FormattingTagController):
@@ -96,6 +97,15 @@ class FormattingTagForm(QtWidgets.QDialog, Ui_FormattingTagDialog, FormattingTag
         self.tag_table_widget.setItem(new_row, 2,
                                       QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(translate('OpenLP.FormattingTagForm', '<HTML here>')))
         self.tag_table_widget.setItem(new_row, 3, QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(''))
+        hiddenwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
+        hiddencheckbox = QtWidgets.QCheckBox()
+        hiddenlayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
+        hiddenlayout.addWidget(hiddencheckbox)
+        hiddenlayout.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
+        hiddenlayout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        hiddenwidget.setLayout(hiddenlayout)
+        hiddencheckbox.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.Unchecked)
+        self.tag_table_widget.setCellWidget(new_row, 4, hiddenwidget)
         self.tag_table_widget.resizeRowsToContents()
         self.tag_table_widget.scrollToBottom()
         self.tag_table_widget.selectRow(new_row)
@@ -119,7 +129,9 @@ class FormattingTagForm(QtWidgets.QDialog, Ui_FormattingTagDialog, FormattingTag
             error = self.services.validate_for_save(self.tag_table_widget.item(count, 0).text(),
                                                     self.tag_table_widget.item(count, 1).text(),
                                                     self.tag_table_widget.item(count, 2).text(),
-                                                    self.tag_table_widget.item(count, 3).text())
+                                                    self.tag_table_widget.item(count, 3).text(),
+                                                    self.tag_table_widget.cellWidget(count, 4).children()[1].isChecked()
+                                                    )
             if error:
                 QtWidgets.QMessageBox.warning(self, translate('OpenLP.FormattingTagForm', 'Validation Error'), error)
                 self.tag_table_widget.selectRow(count)
@@ -155,6 +167,15 @@ class FormattingTagForm(QtWidgets.QDialog, Ui_FormattingTagDialog, FormattingTag
                 self.tag_table_widget.setItem(line, 1, QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(self._strip(html['start tag'])))
                 self.tag_table_widget.setItem(line, 2, QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(html['start html']))
                 self.tag_table_widget.setItem(line, 3, QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem(html['end html']))
+                hiddenwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
+                hiddencheckbox = QtWidgets.QCheckBox()
+                hiddenlayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
+                hiddenlayout.addWidget(hiddencheckbox)
+                hiddenlayout.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
+                hiddenlayout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+                hiddenwidget.setLayout(hiddenlayout)
+                hiddencheckbox.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.Checked if html['hidden'] else QtCore.Qt.Unchecked)
+                self.tag_table_widget.setCellWidget(line, 4, hiddenwidget)
                 self.tag_table_widget.resizeRowsToContents()
                 # Permanent (persistent) tags do not have this key
                 html['temporary'] = False
@@ -172,7 +193,8 @@ class FormattingTagForm(QtWidgets.QDialog, Ui_FormattingTagDialog, FormattingTag
         # only process for editable rows
         if self.tag_table_widget.item(pre_row, 0):
             item = self.tag_table_widget.item(pre_row, pre_col)
-            text = item.text()
+            if pre_col is not EditColumn.Hidden:
+                text = item.text()
             errors = None
             if pre_col is EditColumn.Description:
                 if not text:
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
index b31e2ad3a..c569541db 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsxml.py
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ class OpenLyrics(object):
                 if tag['end html']:
                     element_close = self._add_text_to_element('close', element)
                     element_close.text = etree.CDATA(tag['end html'])
+                element_hidden = self._add_text_to_element('hidden', element)
+                element_hidden.text = etree.CDATA(str(tag['hidden']))
 
     def _add_text_with_tags_to_lines(self, verse_element, text, tags_element):
         """
@@ -602,7 +604,8 @@ class OpenLyrics(object):
                 'protected': False,
                 # Add 'temporary' key in case the formatting tag should not be saved otherwise it is supposed that
                 # formatting tag is permanent.
-                'temporary': temporary
+                'temporary': temporary,
+                'hidden': True if hasattr(tag, 'hidden') and tag.hidden.text == 'True' else False
             }
             found_tags.append(openlp_tag)
         existing_tag_ids = [tag['start tag'] for tag in FormattingTags.get_html_tags()]
diff --git a/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py b/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py
index fdf0200ca..b0e281f6a 100644
--- a/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py
+++ b/tests/openlp_core/display/test_render.py
@@ -76,21 +76,21 @@ def test_render_tags(mocked_get_tags, settings):
             'start tag': '{b}',
             'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:black">',
             'end tag': '{/b}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-            'temporary': False
+            'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
         },
         {
             'desc': 'Yellow',
             'start tag': '{y}',
             'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:yellow">',
             'end tag': '{/y}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-            'temporary': False
+            'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
         },
         {
             'desc': 'Green',
             'start tag': '{g}',
             'start html': '<span style="-webkit-text-fill-color:green">',
             'end tag': '{/g}', 'end html': '</span>', 'protected': True,
-            'temporary': False
+            'temporary': False, 'hidden': False
         }
     ]
     string_to_pass = '{b}black{/b}{y}yellow{/y}'
diff --git a/tests/openlp_core/ui/test_formattingtagsform.py b/tests/openlp_core/ui/test_formattingtagsform.py
index 8a95897dc..6cfe7fac6 100644
--- a/tests/openlp_core/ui/test_formattingtagsform.py
+++ b/tests/openlp_core/ui/test_formattingtagsform.py
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ def test_on_new_clicked(tagform_env):
 
     # WHEN: on_new_clicked is run (i.e. the Add new button was clicked)
     with patch('openlp.core.ui.formattingtagform.QtWidgets.QTableWidgetItem') as MockedQTableWidgetItem:
+        mockedwidget = patch('openlp.core.ui.formattingtagform.QtWidgets.QWidget')
         mocked_table_widget = MagicMock()
+        mocked_widget = MagicMock()
         MockedQTableWidgetItem.return_value = mocked_table_widget
+        mockedwidget.return_value = mocked_widget
         form.on_new_clicked()
 
         # THEN: A new row should be added to the table
diff --git a/tests/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsxml.py b/tests/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsxml.py
index ee12950c1..e31b0a028 100644
--- a/tests/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsxml.py
+++ b/tests/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsxml.py
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ from tests.utils.constants import RESOURCE_PATH
 
 TEST_PATH = RESOURCE_PATH / 'songs' / 'openlyrics'
 START_TAGS = [{"protected": False, "desc": "z", "start tag": "{z}", "end html": "</strong>", "temporary": False,
-               "end tag": "{/z}", "start html": "strong>"}]
+               "end tag": "{/z}", "start html": "strong>", "hidden": False}]
 RESULT_TAGS = [{"temporary": False, "protected": False, "desc": "z", "start tag": "{z}", "start html": "strong>",
-                "end html": "</strong>", "end tag": "{/z}"},
+                "end html": "</strong>", "end tag": "{/z}", "hidden": False},
                {"temporary": False, "end tag": "{/c}", "desc": "c", "start tag": "{c}",
                 "start html": "<span class=\"chord\" style=\"display:none\"><strong>", "end html": "</strong></span>",
-                "protected": False}]
+                "protected": False, "hidden": False}]
 VERSE_LINES_07_XML = '<lines>\
                         <line>Amazing grace, how sweet the sound</line>\
                         <line>That saved a wretch like me</line>\