Hide the connection arrows on shapes

Connection arrows are the four direction arrows that appear when you hover over a shape in draw.io. By default, connection arrows are displayed, but you can hide this feature.

  1. Make sure nothing is selected in your diagram so you can see the Diagram tab in the format panel.
  2. Click on the Connection Arrows checkbox to hide or display the four direction arrows that appear when you hover over a shape on the drawing canvas.
    Display or hide the four directional connection arrows that appear when you hover over a shape in the Diagram tab of the format panel

Alternatively, make sure nothing is selected in your diagram and select View > Connection Arrows from the menu (Classic mode), or press Alt+Shift+A on Windows or Option+Shift+A on macOS.

All of the connection arrows throughout your diagram will now be hidden when you hover over shapes.