Mathematica > Notebooks and Documents > Notebook Formatting & Styling > Cell Styling Options > ShowCellLabel
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ShowCellLabel

ShowCellLabel
is an option for Cell that specifies whether to display the label for a cell.

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  • ShowCellLabel is more often set for styles of cells than for individual cells.
  • With the setting CellLabelAutoDelete->True, the label for a cell is automatically deleted if the cell is modified.

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Create one input cell with ShowCellLabel->True and one with ShowCellLabel->False:

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Labels are set when the cells are evaluated, but the second input cell's label is hidden:

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You can see the label by turning ShowCellLabel on again:

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