diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
index 22af24d9..0059cd9b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -182,12 +182,14 @@ module Api
     def submissions_params
       permitted_attrs = [
         :send_email, :send_sms, :bcc_completed, :completed_redirect_url, :reply_to, :go_to_last,
+        :hide_optional_fields,
         :require_phone_2fa, :require_email_2fa, :expire_at, :name,
         {
           variables: {},
           message: %i[subject body],
           submitters: [[:send_email, :send_sms, :completed_redirect_url, :uuid, :name, :email, :role,
                         :completed, :phone, :application_key, :external_id, :reply_to, :go_to_last,
+                        :hide_optional_fields,
                         :require_phone_2fa, :require_email_2fa, :order, :index, :invite_by,
                         { metadata: {}, values: {}, roles: [], readonly_fields: [], message: %i[subject body],
                           fields: [:name, :uuid, :default_value, :value, :title, :description,
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb
index e56eb8b8..552b6b78 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submitters_controller.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ module Api
       submitter_params.permit(
         :send_email, :send_sms, :reply_to, :completed_redirect_url, :uuid, :name, :email, :role,
         :completed, :phone, :application_key, :external_id, :go_to_last, :require_phone_2fa, :require_email_2fa,
+        :hide_optional_fields,
         { metadata: {}, values: {}, readonly_fields: [], message: %i[subject body],
           fields: [[:name, :uuid, :default_value, :value, :required,
                     :readonly, :validation_pattern, :invalid_message,
diff --git a/app/javascript/form.js b/app/javascript/form.js
index 1fbd54c8..27440c5d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/form.js
+++ b/app/javascript/form.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ safeRegisterElement('submission-form', class extends HTMLElement {
       canSendEmail: this.dataset.canSendEmail === 'true',
       previousSignatureValue: this.dataset.previousSignatureValue,
       goToLast: this.dataset.goToLast === 'true',
+      hideOptionalFields: this.dataset.hideOptionalFields === 'true',
       isDemo: this.dataset.isDemo === 'true',
       attribution: this.dataset.attribution !== 'false',
       scrollPadding: this.dataset.scrollPadding || '-80px',
diff --git a/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue b/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue
index dc224fad..73d070ea 100644
--- a/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/submission_form/form.vue
@@ -830,6 +830,11 @@ export default {
       required: false,
       default: true
     },
+    hideOptionalFields: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: false,
+      default: false
+    },
     isDemo: {
       type: Boolean,
       required: false,
@@ -1089,7 +1094,7 @@ export default {
 
       const cache = {}
 
-      return sortedFields.reduce((acc, f) => {
+      const steps = sortedFields.reduce((acc, f) => {
         const prevStep = acc[acc.length - 1]
 
         if (this.checkFieldConditions(f, cache) && this.checkFieldDocumentsConditions(f)) {
@@ -1102,6 +1107,16 @@ export default {
 
         return acc
       }, [])
+
+      if (!this.hideOptionalFields) {
+        return steps
+      }
+
+      const requiredOnlySteps = steps
+        .map((fields) => fields.filter((f) => f.required))
+        .filter((fields) => fields.length)
+
+      return requiredOnlySteps.length ? requiredOnlySteps : steps
     },
     formulaFields () {
       const cache = {}
diff --git a/app/views/submit_form/_submission_form.html.erb b/app/views/submit_form/_submission_form.html.erb
index 0c13d8c7..e36c4023 100644
--- a/app/views/submit_form/_submission_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/submit_form/_submission_form.html.erb
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 <% data_fields = Submissions.filtered_conditions_fields(submitter).to_json %>
 <% invite_submitters = (submitter.submission.template_submitters || submitter.submission.template.submitters).select { |s| s['invite_by_uuid'] == submitter.uuid && submitter.submission.submitters.none? { |e| e.uuid == s['uuid'] } }.to_json %>
 <% optional_invite_submitters = (submitter.submission.template_submitters || submitter.submission.template.submitters).select { |s| s['optional_invite_by_uuid'] == submitter.uuid && submitter.submission.submitters.none? { |e| e.uuid == s['uuid'] } }.to_json %>
-<submission-form data-is-demo="<%= Docuseal.demo? %>" data-schema="<%= schema.to_json %>" data-reuse-signature="<%= configs[:reuse_signature] %>" data-require-signing-reason="<%= configs[:require_signing_reason] %>" data-with-signature-id="<%= configs[:with_signature_id] %>" data-with-field-labels="<%= configs[:with_field_labels] %>" data-with-confetti="<%= configs[:with_confetti] %>" data-completed-redirect-url="<%= submitter.preferences['completed_redirect_url'].presence || submitter.submission.template&.preferences&.dig('completed_redirect_url') %>" data-completed-message="<%= (configs[:completed_message]&.compact_blank.presence || submitter.submission.template&.preferences&.dig('completed_message') || {}).to_json %>" data-completed-button="<%= configs[:completed_button].to_json %>" data-go-to-last="<%= submitter.preferences.key?('go_to_last') ? submitter.preferences['go_to_last'] : submitter.opened_at? %>" data-submitter="<%= submitter.to_json(only: %i[uuid slug name phone email]) %>" data-can-send-email="<%= Accounts.can_send_emails?(submitter.submission.account) %>" data-optional-invite-submitters="<%= optional_invite_submitters %>" data-invite-submitters="<%= invite_submitters %>" data-attachments="<%= data_attachments %>" data-fields="<%= data_fields %>" data-values="<%= submitter.values.to_json %>" data-with-typed-signature="<%= configs[:with_typed_signature] %>" data-previous-signature-value="<%= local_assigns[:signature_attachment]&.uuid %>" data-remember-signature="<%= configs[:prefill_signature] %>" data-dry-run="<%= local_assigns[:dry_run] %>" data-expand="<%= local_assigns[:expand] %>" data-scroll-padding="<%= local_assigns[:scroll_padding] %>" data-language="<%= I18n.locale.to_s.split('-').first %>"></submission-form>
+<submission-form data-is-demo="<%= Docuseal.demo? %>" data-schema="<%= schema.to_json %>" data-reuse-signature="<%= configs[:reuse_signature] %>" data-require-signing-reason="<%= configs[:require_signing_reason] %>" data-with-signature-id="<%= configs[:with_signature_id] %>" data-with-field-labels="<%= configs[:with_field_labels] %>" data-with-confetti="<%= configs[:with_confetti] %>" data-completed-redirect-url="<%= submitter.preferences['completed_redirect_url'].presence || submitter.submission.template&.preferences&.dig('completed_redirect_url') %>" data-completed-message="<%= (configs[:completed_message]&.compact_blank.presence || submitter.submission.template&.preferences&.dig('completed_message') || {}).to_json %>" data-completed-button="<%= configs[:completed_button].to_json %>" data-go-to-last="<%= submitter.preferences.key?('go_to_last') ? submitter.preferences['go_to_last'] : submitter.opened_at? %>" data-hide-optional-fields="<%= submitter.preferences['hide_optional_fields'] %>" data-submitter="<%= submitter.to_json(only: %i[uuid slug name phone email]) %>" data-can-send-email="<%= Accounts.can_send_emails?(submitter.submission.account) %>" data-optional-invite-submitters="<%= optional_invite_submitters %>" data-invite-submitters="<%= invite_submitters %>" data-attachments="<%= data_attachments %>" data-fields="<%= data_fields %>" data-values="<%= submitter.values.to_json %>" data-with-typed-signature="<%= configs[:with_typed_signature] %>" data-previous-signature-value="<%= local_assigns[:signature_attachment]&.uuid %>" data-remember-signature="<%= configs[:prefill_signature] %>" data-dry-run="<%= local_assigns[:dry_run] %>" data-expand="<%= local_assigns[:expand] %>" data-scroll-padding="<%= local_assigns[:scroll_padding] %>" data-language="<%= I18n.locale.to_s.split('-').first %>"></submission-form>
diff --git a/docs/openapi.json b/docs/openapi.json
index 9afd740c..ea0edcea 100644
--- a/docs/openapi.json
+++ b/docs/openapi.json
@@ -1715,6 +1715,11 @@
                     "type": "string",
                     "description": "Specify Reply-To address to use in the notification emails."
                   },
+                  "hide_optional_fields": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Set `true` to hide optional fields in the guided stepper when viewing the signing form.",
+                    "default": false
+                  },
                   "expire_at": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "description": "Specify the expiration date and time after which the submission becomes unavailable for signature.",
@@ -1793,6 +1798,11 @@
                           "type": "string",
                           "description": "Specify Reply-To address to use in the notification emails for this submitter."
                         },
+                        "hide_optional_fields": {
+                          "type": "boolean",
+                          "description": "Set `true` to hide optional fields in the guided stepper when viewing the signing form.",
+                          "default": false
+                        },
                         "completed_redirect_url": {
                           "type": "string",
                           "description": "Submitter specific URL to redirect to after the submission completion."
@@ -6529,6 +6539,11 @@
                     "type": "string",
                     "description": "Submitter specific URL to redirect to after the submission completion."
                   },
+                  "hide_optional_fields": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Set `true` to hide optional fields in the guided stepper when viewing the signing form.",
+                    "default": false
+                  },
                   "require_phone_2fa": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "description": "Set to `true` to require phone 2FA verification via a one-time code sent to the phone number in order to access the documents.",
diff --git a/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb b/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb
index 39b4f3cd..c3646101 100644
--- a/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module Params
 
       boolean(params, :send_email)
       boolean(params, :send_sms)
+      boolean(params, :hide_optional_fields)
       type(params, :order, String)
       type(params, :completed_redirect_url, String)
       type(params, :bcc_completed, String)
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ module Params
       type(submitter_params, :metadata, Hash)
       boolean(submitter_params, :send_email)
       boolean(submitter_params, :send_sms)
+      boolean(submitter_params, :hide_optional_fields)
       type(submitter_params, :completed_redirect_url, String)
       type(submitter_params, :fields, Array)
 
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ module Params
 
       boolean(params, :send_email)
       boolean(params, :send_sms)
+      boolean(params, :hide_optional_fields)
       type(params, :order, String)
       type(params, :completed_redirect_url, String)
       type(params, :bcc_completed, String)
diff --git a/lib/submitters.rb b/lib/submitters.rb
index c557dd3e..e1018159 100644
--- a/lib/submitters.rb
+++ b/lib/submitters.rb
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ module Submitters
     preferences['bcc_completed'] = params['bcc_completed'] if params.key?('bcc_completed')
     preferences['reply_to'] = params['reply_to'] if params.key?('reply_to')
     preferences['go_to_last'] = params['go_to_last'] if params.key?('go_to_last')
+    preferences['hide_optional_fields'] = params['hide_optional_fields'].in?(TRUE_VALUES) if params.key?('hide_optional_fields')
     preferences['completed_redirect_url'] = params['completed_redirect_url'] if params.key?('completed_redirect_url')
 
     preferences