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  "title": "Nielsen: progressive disclosure",
  "summary": "Usability criteria and staged disclosure; the hotel-choice example.",
  "evidenceType": "practitioner",
  "citation": "Jakob Nielsen. Progressive Disclosure. Nielsen Norman Group, December 3, 2006.",
  "url": "https://www.nngroup.com/articles/progressive-disclosure/",
  "reviewed": "2026-09-13"
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# Nielsen: progressive disclosure

**Type:** practitioner. **Reviewed:** 2026-09-13.

## Source

Jakob Nielsen. Progressive Disclosure. Nielsen Norman Group, December 3, 2006.

[Original / authoritative source](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/progressive-disclosure/)

## Scope

Usability criteria and staged disclosure; the hotel-choice example.

## Limitations

Distinguishes frequently needed features from advanced or later-stage work and discusses interdependent choices. This is practitioner guidance with illustrative usability observations, not a quantified experiment on our list. The guide does not assume that infrequent always means safe to hide.