diff --git a/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.cpp b/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.cpp
index 75a326cbd996..f9a491f41f95 100644
--- a/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace {
 const QColor kDefaultPaletteColor(0, 0, 0);
 }
 
-ColorPaletteEditor::ColorPaletteEditor(QWidget* parent)
+ColorPaletteEditor::ColorPaletteEditor(QWidget* parent, bool showHotcueNumbers)
         : QDialog(parent),
           m_bPaletteExists(false),
           m_bPaletteIsReadOnly(false),
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ ColorPaletteEditor::ColorPaletteEditor(QWidget* parent)
     m_pTableView->horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
     m_pTableView->horizontalHeader()->setSectionResizeMode(2, QHeaderView::Stretch);
 
+    if (!showHotcueNumbers) {
+        m_pTableView->hideColumn(1);
+    }
+
     connect(m_pTableView,
             &QTableView::doubleClicked,
             this,
diff --git a/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.h b/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.h
index 4871f0c69075..9996a2f1a9a4 100644
--- a/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.h
+++ b/src/preferences/colorpaletteeditor.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 class ColorPaletteEditor : public QDialog {
     Q_OBJECT
   public:
-    ColorPaletteEditor(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+    ColorPaletteEditor(QWidget* parent = nullptr, bool showHotcueNumbers = true);
     void initialize(UserSettingsPointer pConfig, const QString& paletteName);
 
   signals:
diff --git a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp
index 7fb144d0ced9..7aa7e350da83 100644
--- a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefcolors.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void DlgPrefColors::openColorPaletteEditor(
         const QString& paletteName,
         bool editHotcuePalette) {
     std::unique_ptr<ColorPaletteEditor> pColorPaletteEditor =
-            std::make_unique<ColorPaletteEditor>(this);
+            std::make_unique<ColorPaletteEditor>(this, editHotcuePalette);
 
     if (editHotcuePalette) {
         connect(pColorPaletteEditor.get(),