diff --git a/__tests__/view.spec.ts b/__tests__/view.spec.ts
index 3540c6a66..b63483235 100644
--- a/__tests__/view.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/view.spec.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ describe('Invalid View creation', () => {
 		} as unknown as View),
 		).toThrowError('View icon is required and must be a valid svg string')
 	})
+
+	test('Invalid hidden', () => {
+		expect(() => new View({
+			id: 'test',
+			name: 'Test',
+			order: 1,
+			hidden: 'true',
+			getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()),
+		} as unknown as View),
+		).toThrowError('View hidden must be a boolean')
+	})
+
 	test('Invalid order', () => {
 		expect(() => new View({
 			id: 'test',
@@ -157,6 +169,7 @@ describe('View creation', () => {
 			emptyTitle: 'Test empty title',
 			emptyCaption: 'Test empty caption',
 			getContents: () => Promise.resolve({ folder, contents: [] }),
+			hidden: true,
 			icon: '<svg></svg>',
 			order: 1,
 			params: {},
@@ -175,6 +188,7 @@ describe('View creation', () => {
 		expect(view.emptyTitle).toBe('Test empty title')
 		expect(view.emptyCaption).toBe('Test empty caption')
 		await expect(view.getContents('/')).resolves.toStrictEqual({ folder, contents: [] })
+		expect(view.hidden).toBe(true)
 		expect(view.icon).toBe('<svg></svg>')
 		expect(view.order).toBe(1)
 		expect(view.params).toStrictEqual({})
diff --git a/lib/navigation/view.ts b/lib/navigation/view.ts
index 603173e53..cbdb1bd5f 100644
--- a/lib/navigation/view.ts
+++ b/lib/navigation/view.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ interface ViewData {
 	 * information alongside with its content.
 	 */
 	getContents: (path: string) => Promise<ContentsWithRoot>
+
+	/**
+	 * If set then the view will be hidden from the navigation unless its the active view.
+	 */
+	hidden?: true
+
 	/** The view icon as an inline svg */
 	icon: string
 
@@ -115,6 +121,10 @@ export class View implements ViewData {
 		return this._view.getContents
 	}
 
+	get hidden() {
+		return this._view.hidden
+	}
+
 	get icon() {
 		return this._view.icon
 	}
@@ -198,6 +208,10 @@ const isValidView = function(view: ViewData): boolean {
 		throw new Error('View getContents is required and must be a function')
 	}
 
+	if ('hidden' in view && typeof view.hidden !== 'boolean') {
+		throw new Error('View hidden must be a boolean')
+	}
+
 	if (!view.icon || typeof view.icon !== 'string' || !isSvg(view.icon)) {
 		throw new Error('View icon is required and must be a valid svg string')
 	}
diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
index aa58e325c..007682b4c 100644
--- a/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -2,23 +2,27 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
  */
+
 import config from './vite.config'
 
 export default async (env) => {
 	const cfg = await config(env)
-	// Node externals does not work when testing
-	cfg.plugins = cfg.plugins!.filter((plugin) => plugin && plugin.name !== 'node-externals')
+	delete cfg.define
 
-	cfg.test = {
-		environment: 'jsdom',
-		coverage: {
-			include: ['lib/**'],
-			exclude: ['lib/utils/logger.ts'],
-			provider: 'istanbul',
-			reporter: ['lcov', 'text'],
+	return {
+		...cfg,
+		test: {
+			env: {
+				LANG: 'en-US',
+			},
+			environment: 'jsdom',
+			coverage: {
+				include: ['lib/**'],
+				exclude: ['lib/utils/logger.ts'],
+				provider: 'istanbul',
+				reporter: ['lcov', 'text'],
+			},
+			globalSetup: '__tests__/test-global-setup.ts',
 		},
-		globalSetup: '__tests__/test-global-setup.ts',
 	}
-	delete cfg.define
-	return cfg
 }