diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/hide-columns/hide-columns.js b/frontend/src/utils/hide-columns/hide-columns.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4cbf234e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/hide-columns/hide-columns.js
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import { Utility } from '../../core/utility';
+import { StorageManager } from '../../lib/storage-manager/storage-manager';
+
+const HIDE_COLUMNS_CONTAINER_IDENT = 'uw-hide-columns';
+const TABLE_HEADER_IDENT = 'hide-column-header';
+
+const TABLE_UTILS_ATTR = 'table-utils';
+const TABLE_UTILS_CONTAINER_SELECTOR = `[${TABLE_UTILS_ATTR}]`;
+
+
+const HIDER_TEXT_ATTR = 'header-text';
+
+const HIDE_BUTTON_FADE_DELAY = 3000;
+
+@Utility({
+  selector: `[${HIDE_COLUMNS_CONTAINER_IDENT}] table`,
+})
+export class HideColumns {
+
+  _storageManager = new StorageManager('uw-hide-columns');
+
+  _element;
+  _tableUtilContainer;
+
+  constructor(element) {
+    if (!element) {
+      throw new Error('Hide Columns utility cannot be setup without an element!');
+    }
+
+    // do not provide hide-column ability in tables inside modals or async forms with response
+    if (element.closest('[uw-modal], .async-form__response')) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    this._element = element;
+
+    const hideColumnsContainer = this._element.closest(`[${HIDE_COLUMNS_CONTAINER_IDENT}]`);
+    if (!hideColumnsContainer) {
+      throw new Error('Hide Columns utility needs to be setup on a table inside a hide columns container!');
+    }
+
+    // get or create table utils container
+    this._tableUtilContainer = hideColumnsContainer.querySelector(TABLE_UTILS_CONTAINER_SELECTOR);
+    if (!this._tableUtilContainer) {
+      this._tableUtilContainer = document.createElement('div');
+      this._tableUtilContainer.setAttribute(TABLE_UTILS_ATTR, '');
+      const tableContainer = this._element.closest(`[${HIDE_COLUMNS_CONTAINER_IDENT}] > *`);
+      hideColumnsContainer.insertBefore(this._tableUtilContainer, tableContainer);
+    }
+
+    this._element.querySelectorAll('th').forEach(th => {
+      const storageKey = this.getStorageKey(th);
+      const previouslyHidden = this._storageManager.load(storageKey);
+      this.setupHideButton(th, previouslyHidden);
+    });
+  }
+
+  setupHideButton(th, prevHidden) {
+    console.log('setupHideButton', th, prevHidden);
+
+    const hider = document.createElement('button');
+    hider.setAttribute(HIDER_TEXT_ATTR, th.innerText);
+
+    hider.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
+      console.log('click', th.cellIndex, hider, th.innerText);
+      event.preventDefault();
+      this.toggleColumnVisibility(th, hider);
+    });
+
+    // TODO fade in / fade out animation in css
+    th.addEventListener('mouseover', () => {
+      hider.style.display = '';
+    });
+    th.addEventListener('mouseout', () => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (hider.style.position === 'absolute') hider.style.display = 'none';
+      }, HIDE_BUTTON_FADE_DELAY);
+    });
+
+    this.updateColumnDisplay(th.cellIndex, prevHidden);
+    this.updateHider(hider, prevHidden);
+
+    this._tableUtilContainer.appendChild(hider);
+  }
+
+  // TODO better name
+  toggleColumnVisibility(th, hider) {
+    const storageKey = this.getStorageKey(th);
+
+    const hidden = !this._storageManager.load(storageKey);
+
+    // hide/unhide column
+    this.updateColumnDisplay(th.cellIndex, hidden);
+
+    // tweak hider button
+    this.updateHider(hider, hidden);
+
+    // persist new hidden setting for column
+    this._storageManager.save(storageKey, hidden);
+  }
+
+  // TODO better name
+  updateColumnDisplay(columnIndex, hidden) {
+    this._element.getElementsByTagName('tr').forEach(row => {
+      if (row.cells[columnIndex]) {
+        row.cells[columnIndex].style.display = hidden ? 'none' : '';
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  // TODO better name
+  updateHider(hider, hidden) {
+    // TODO set css classes instead
+    if (hidden) {
+      hider.innerHTML = hider.getAttribute(HIDER_TEXT_ATTR);
+      hider.style.position = 'relative';
+    } else {
+      hider.innerHTML = 'hide';
+      hider.style.position = 'absolute';
+      hider.style.display = 'none';
+    }
+  }
+
+  getStorageKey(th) {
+    // get handler name
+    const handlerIdent = document.querySelector('[uw-handler]').getAttribute('uw-handler');
+
+    // get hide-columns container ident (if not present, use table index in document as fallback)
+    let tIdent = th.getAttribute(TABLE_HEADER_IDENT);
+    if (!tIdent) {
+      const tablesInDocument = document.getElementsByTagName('TABLE');
+      for (let i = 0; i < tablesInDocument.length; i++) {
+        if (tablesInDocument[i] === this._element) {
+          tIdent = i;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // check for unique table header ident from backend (if not present, use cell index as fallback)
+    let thIdent = th.getAttribute(TABLE_HEADER_IDENT);
+    if (!thIdent) {
+      thIdent = th.cellIndex;
+    }
+
+    return `${handlerIdent}-${tIdent}-${thIdent}`;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/utils.js b/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
index b539edb44..00f3e5ec0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Modal } from './modal/modal';
 import { Tooltip } from './tooltips/tooltips';
 import { CourseTeaser } from './course-teaser/course-teaser';
 import { NavbarUtils } from './navbar/navbar';
+import { HideColumns } from './hide-columns/hide-columns';
 
 export const Utils = [
   Alerts,
@@ -27,4 +28,5 @@ export const Utils = [
   Tooltip,
   CourseTeaser,
   ...NavbarUtils,
+  HideColumns,
 ];