diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryRow.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryRow.tsx
index 17191e06d2e..d5c278e9b00 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/QueryRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryRow.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import { hot } from 'react-hot-loader';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 // Components
 import QueryEditor from './QueryEditor';
+import { QueryRowActions } from './QueryRowActions';
 // Actions
 import { changeQuery, modifyQueries, runQueries, addQueryRow } from './state/actions';
 // Types
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
-import { TimeRange, AbsoluteTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
+import { TimeRange, AbsoluteTimeRange, LoadingState } from '@grafana/data';
 import { DataQuery, DataSourceApi, QueryFixAction, DataSourceStatus, PanelData } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { HistoryItem, ExploreItemState, ExploreId, ExploreMode } from 'app/types/explore';
 import { Emitter } from 'app/core/utils/emitter';
@@ -76,8 +77,13 @@ export class QueryRow extends PureComponent<QueryRowProps, QueryRowState> {
     this.props.addQueryRow(exploreId, index);
   };
 
-  onClickClearButton = () => {
-    this.onChange(null, true);
+  onClickToggleHiddenQuery = () => {
+    const { exploreId, index, query } = this.props;
+    const newQuery = {
+      ...query,
+      hide: !query.hide,
+    };
+    this.props.changeQuery(exploreId, newQuery, index, true);
   };
 
   onClickHintFix = (action: QueryFixAction) => {
@@ -120,8 +126,10 @@ export class QueryRow extends PureComponent<QueryRowProps, QueryRowState> {
       latency,
       mode,
     } = this.props;
+
     const canToggleEditorModes =
       mode === ExploreMode.Metrics && has(datasourceInstance, 'components.QueryCtrl.prototype.toggleEditorMode');
+    const canHide = queryResponse.state !== LoadingState.NotStarted;
     const queryErrors = queryResponse.error && queryResponse.error.refId === query.refId ? [queryResponse.error] : [];
     let QueryField;
 
@@ -163,32 +171,17 @@ export class QueryRow extends PureComponent<QueryRowProps, QueryRowState> {
           )}
         </div>
         <div className="query-row-status">
-          <QueryStatus queryResponse={queryResponse} latency={latency} />
-        </div>
-        <div className="gf-form-inline flex-shrink-0">
-          {canToggleEditorModes && (
-            <div className="gf-form">
-              <button className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn" onClick={this.onClickToggleEditorMode}>
-                <i className="fa fa-pencil" />
-              </button>
-            </div>
-          )}
-          <div className="gf-form">
-            <button className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn" onClick={this.onClickClearButton}>
-              <i className="fa fa-times" />
-            </button>
-          </div>
-          <div className="gf-form">
-            <button className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn" onClick={this.onClickAddButton}>
-              <i className="fa fa-plus" />
-            </button>
-          </div>
-          <div className="gf-form">
-            <button className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn" onClick={this.onClickRemoveButton}>
-              <i className="fa fa-minus" />
-            </button>
-          </div>
+          <QueryStatus queryResponse={queryResponse} latency={query.hide ? 0 : latency} />
         </div>
+        <QueryRowActions
+          canToggleEditorModes={canToggleEditorModes}
+          hideQuery={query.hide}
+          canHide={canHide}
+          onClickToggleEditorMode={this.onClickToggleEditorMode}
+          onClickToggleHiddenQuery={this.onClickToggleHiddenQuery}
+          onClickAddButton={this.onClickAddButton}
+          onClickRemoveButton={this.onClickRemoveButton}
+        />
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryRowActions.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryRowActions.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6dcc098543c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryRowActions.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { QueryRowActions, Props } from './QueryRowActions';
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+
+const setup = (propOverrides?: object) => {
+  const props: Props = {
+    hideQuery: false,
+    canHide: true,
+    canToggleEditorModes: true,
+    onClickToggleEditorMode: () => {},
+    onClickToggleHiddenQuery: () => {},
+    onClickAddButton: () => {},
+    onClickRemoveButton: () => {},
+  };
+
+  Object.assign(props, propOverrides);
+
+  const wrapper = shallow(<QueryRowActions {...props} />);
+  return wrapper;
+};
+
+describe('QueryRowActions', () => {
+  it('should render component', () => {
+    const wrapper = setup();
+    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+  it('should render component without editor mode', () => {
+    const wrapper = setup({ canToggleEditorModes: false });
+    expect(wrapper.find({ 'aria-label': 'Edit mode button' })).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+  it('should change icon to fa-eye-slash when query row result is hidden', () => {
+    const wrapper = setup({ hideQuery: true });
+    expect(wrapper.find('i.fa-eye-slash')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+  it('should change icon to fa-eye when query row result is not hidden', () => {
+    const wrapper = setup({ hideQuery: false });
+    expect(wrapper.find('i.fa-eye')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryRowActions.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryRowActions.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59ec5049215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryRowActions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export type Props = {
+  canToggleEditorModes: boolean;
+  hideQuery: boolean;
+  canHide: boolean;
+  onClickToggleEditorMode: () => void;
+  onClickToggleHiddenQuery: () => void;
+  onClickAddButton: () => void;
+  onClickRemoveButton: () => void;
+};
+
+export function QueryRowActions(props: Props) {
+  const {
+    canToggleEditorModes,
+    onClickToggleEditorMode,
+    onClickToggleHiddenQuery,
+    onClickAddButton,
+    onClickRemoveButton,
+    hideQuery,
+    canHide,
+  } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="gf-form-inline flex-shrink-0">
+      {canToggleEditorModes && (
+        <div className="gf-form">
+          <button
+            aria-label="Edit mode button"
+            className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn"
+            onClick={onClickToggleEditorMode}
+          >
+            <i className="fa fa-pencil" />
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <div className="gf-form">
+        <button disabled={!canHide} className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn" onClick={onClickToggleHiddenQuery}>
+          <i className={hideQuery ? 'fa fa-eye-slash' : 'fa fa-eye'} />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div className="gf-form">
+        <button className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn" onClick={onClickAddButton}>
+          <i className="fa fa-plus" />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div className="gf-form">
+        <button className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn" onClick={onClickRemoveButton}>
+          <i className="fa fa-minus" />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/__snapshots__/QueryRowActions.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/features/explore/__snapshots__/QueryRowActions.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77d2ce94fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/__snapshots__/QueryRowActions.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`QueryRowActions should render component 1`] = `
+<div
+  className="gf-form-inline flex-shrink-0"
+>
+  <div
+    className="gf-form"
+  >
+    <button
+      aria-label="Edit mode button"
+      className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+    >
+      <i
+        className="fa fa-pencil"
+      />
+    </button>
+  </div>
+  <div
+    className="gf-form"
+  >
+    <button
+      className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn"
+      disabled={false}
+      onClick={[Function]}
+    >
+      <i
+        className="fa fa-eye"
+      />
+    </button>
+  </div>
+  <div
+    className="gf-form"
+  >
+    <button
+      className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+    >
+      <i
+        className="fa fa-plus"
+      />
+    </button>
+  </div>
+  <div
+    className="gf-form"
+  >
+    <button
+      className="gf-form-label gf-form-label--btn"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+    >
+      <i
+        className="fa fa-minus"
+      />
+    </button>
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;