diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 87d45d09..0c32967b 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -28422,7 +28422,9 @@ class BCSettingTab extends obsidian.PluginSettingTab {
         //   "",
         //   null
         // );
-        relationDetails.createEl("p", { text: 'Here you can toggle on/off different ypes of implied relationships. All of your explicit (real) relationships will still show, but you can choose which implied ones get filled in.\nAll implied relationships are given a CSS class of the type of implied relaiton, so you can style the differently. For example `.BC-Aunt`.' });
+        relationDetails.createEl("p", {
+            text: "Here you can toggle on/off different ypes of implied relationships. All of your explicit (real) relationships will still show, but you can choose which implied ones get filled in.\nAll implied relationships are given a CSS class of the type of implied relaiton, so you can style the differently. For example `.BC-Aunt`.",
+        });
         new obsidian.Setting(relationDetails)
             .setName("Same Parent is Siblings")
             .setDesc("If one note shares a parent with another, treat them as siblings")
@@ -28633,20 +28635,15 @@ class BCSettingTab extends obsidian.PluginSettingTab {
             <li>3 = next</li>
             <li>4 = prev</li>
           </ul>
-          <strong>Note:</strong> You can only change the order of the directions. You can't add or remove directions.`))
+          <strong>Note:</strong> You can remove numbers to hide those directions in the Matrix View. For example, <code>02</code> will only show up and down, in that order.`))
             .addText((text) => {
             text.setValue(settings.squareDirectionsOrder.join(""));
             text.inputEl.onblur = async () => {
                 const value = text.getValue();
-                if (value.length === 5 &&
-                    value.includes("0") &&
-                    value.includes("1") &&
-                    value.includes("2") &&
-                    value.includes("3") &&
-                    value.includes("4")) {
-                    settings.squareDirectionsOrder = value
-                        .split("")
-                        .map((order) => Number.parseInt(order));
+                const values = value.split("");
+                if (value.length <= 5 &&
+                    values.every((value) => ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4"].includes(value))) {
+                    settings.squareDirectionsOrder = values.map((order) => Number.parseInt(order));
                     await plugin.saveSettings();
                     await plugin.getActiveTYPEView(MATRIX_VIEW).draw();
                 }
diff --git a/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts b/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
index add6f73d..5a3b31cd 100644
--- a/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
+++ b/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ export class BCSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     //   null
     // );
 
-    relationDetails.createEl("p", {text: 'Here you can toggle on/off different ypes of implied relationships. All of your explicit (real) relationships will still show, but you can choose which implied ones get filled in.\nAll implied relationships are given a CSS class of the type of implied relaiton, so you can style the differently. For example `.BC-Aunt`.'})
+    relationDetails.createEl("p", {
+      text: "Here you can toggle on/off different ypes of implied relationships. All of your explicit (real) relationships will still show, but you can choose which implied ones get filled in.\nAll implied relationships are given a CSS class of the type of implied relaiton, so you can style the differently. For example `.BC-Aunt`.",
+    });
 
     new Setting(relationDetails)
       .setName("Same Parent is Siblings")
@@ -369,24 +371,21 @@ export class BCSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
             <li>3 = next</li>
             <li>4 = prev</li>
           </ul>
-          <strong>Note:</strong> You can only change the order of the directions. You can't add or remove directions.`
+          <strong>Note:</strong> You can remove numbers to hide those directions in the Matrix View. For example, <code>02</code> will only show up and down, in that order.`
         )
       )
       .addText((text) => {
         text.setValue(settings.squareDirectionsOrder.join(""));
         text.inputEl.onblur = async () => {
           const value = text.getValue();
+          const values = value.split("");
           if (
-            value.length === 5 &&
-            value.includes("0") &&
-            value.includes("1") &&
-            value.includes("2") &&
-            value.includes("3") &&
-            value.includes("4")
+            value.length <= 5 &&
+            values.every((value) => ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4"].includes(value))
           ) {
-            settings.squareDirectionsOrder = value
-              .split("")
-              .map((order) => Number.parseInt(order)) as (0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)[];
+            settings.squareDirectionsOrder = values.map((order) =>
+              Number.parseInt(order)
+            ) as (0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)[];
             await plugin.saveSettings();
             await plugin.getActiveTYPEView(MATRIX_VIEW).draw();
           } else {