diff --git a/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.cs b/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.cs
index 1b85a03..c9be7b0 100644
--- a/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.cs
+++ b/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using MultiTerm.Core.ViewModel;
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Windows;
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using MultiTerm.Protocols.Model;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl;
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class MultiFormatDataView : Control
     private const string itemsControlTemplateName = "PART_ItemsControl";
     private const string buttonClearTemplateName = "PART_ButtonClear";
     private const string textBoxCharOnlyViewTemplateName = "PART_CharOnlyTextBox";
+    private const string realizedItemsCountTemplateName = "PART_RealizedItemsCountDisplay";
     private ListBox? itemsControl;
     private TextBox? tbCharOnlyView;
     private ICollectionView? collectionView;
@@ -139,6 +140,15 @@ public class MultiFormatDataView : Control
         {
             button.Click += OnClearButtonClicked; ;
         }
+
+        // hide realized items count when not debugging
+        if (Debugger.IsAttached == false)
+        {
+            if(GetTemplateChild(realizedItemsCountTemplateName) is UIElement realizedItemsUiElement)
+            {
+                realizedItemsUiElement.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private static void OnDataSourcePropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
diff --git a/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.xaml b/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.xaml
index 0b1ffeb..6dd560c 100644
--- a/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.xaml
+++ b/MultiTerm.Wpf.CustomControl/MultiFormatDataView/MultiFormatDataView.xaml
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@
 
                             <!-- Realized Items Display (on top of ListView because if comes later in the list) -->
                             <StackPanel Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Margin="5 5 25 5" Grid.ZIndex="1" Background="Azure"
-                                        Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right">
+                                        Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                                        x:Name="PART_RealizedItemsCountDisplay">
                                 <Label Content="Realized Items: " HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0 0 0 0"/>
                                 <Label Width="40" HorizontalContentAlignment="Right" Content="{TemplateBinding RealizedItemsCount}"/>
                             </StackPanel>