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## 3.8. Ignoring (weeding) unwanted message headers

Usage: `[un]ignore` pattern [ pattern ... ]

Messages often have many header fields added by automatic processing systems, or which may not seem useful to display on the screen. This command allows you to specify header fields which you don't normally want to see.

You do not need to specify the full header field name. For example, ``ignore content-'' will ignore all header fields that begin with the pattern ``content-''.

To remove a previously added token from the list, use the ``unignore'' command. Note that if you do ``ignore x-'' it is not possible to ``unignore x-mailer,'' for example. The ``unignore'' command does not make Mutt display headers with the given pattern.

``unignore *'' will remove all tokens from the ignore list.

For example:

> `

>     # Sven's draconian header weeding
>     ignore *
>     unignore from date subject to cc
>     unignore organization organisation x-mailer: x-newsreader: x-mailing-list:
>     unignore posted-to:

> `

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