I am a web programmer and have been buying templates here for over 10 years, but there is a problem, in all systems, they do not think like we buyers think. When I browse the templates, there are some that I do not like, I do not need (they have a different code) or simply I do not want to see them, there needs to be a button that says “hide”, in some systems it is called “archive”, it would be a fantastic thing, to get rid of them, instead now I always find myself with so many templates that I do not need, for example. some prior to 2019 that I do not want to see anymore, I am really fed up. This function must be offered, very simple, when I am logged in… and then in the display select query, select all that are not in the ids (1,2,3..) and so on… A great help and a super useful thing that no one does. If we do the same things we get the same results. We do useful things and everyone will talk well about them. THEN add a button to see the hidden templates. If some creators will complain, they have not understood that if I hide a template it is because I will never buy it … so remove it from my eyes. It is similar to the “heart” favorites but it is different and more useful in cleaning the search for things that I do not need. What do you think?
You’re buying a template, not finished product.
I don’t agree - reason being that themes/templates and or scripts might be updated with improvements that make them better than they first were when they appeared on the marketplace.
I have likewise been here a long time, and if I see something that MIGHT BE OKAY, I mark it as a favourite to remind me to look again.
My favourite option thought is Browse New - I can see straight away what is new, and I can and do remember seeing ones that I do not want to buy so my mouse scrolls quicker 
I respect your point of view, you certainly don’t need it.
But it will be useful to me and many others like me, when a template is updated it simply gets removed from the list because it becomes new for me and for others, that’s it. But I hate always seeing templates that I repeat, I already know I will never buy. I repeat, those who don’t need it, won’t use it, simple. I’ll give you a concrete example: I only download templates in html and not those with Jsreact, wordpress, etc… and I always find them in front of me, this way I just click on the button, hide and go… then I repeat, if there is an update they reappear.. easy
what does this answer have to do with it? I’m talking about buying the template, do I have to choose it first? To choose it, I access the search page many times, today tomorrow and after… I always see templates that I will never buy that make me waste a lot of time because to see 5 templates I have to open 10 pages… I want to hide the ones that I will never buy… that’s all. so tomorrow when I come back.. it’ll be quicker. They are search options, an extra option that helps me and those like me, those who don’t need it won’t use it
Oh, i thought you were referring to the item feature.
You can choose those you like and create a “favorite” folder to avoid to check them all over and over again.
why is it so hard to figure it out, i already have favorites but i need to find other templates that will be favorited or purchased, i often use search and this function would help me to remove from the list some templates that i dont want to see…
Like yourself I buy mainly HTML templates, followed by PHP Scripts. I have purchased lots over many years. So for example on Web Themes & Templates I see this:
I choose HTML and then that is broken down into categories of templates.
On all items you have nearly 60,000 results.
On HTML templates over 22,000 results.
Each time I and thousands/tens of thousands of visitors click those links there is a huge query being sent to the database to return certain results. You agree yes?
So whilst it might seem simple to you or me, to make the system bespoke for ourselves, it would never end up satisfying everyone. I have bought a lot of PHP scripts - whilst they generally work not all not meet my expectations, or bespoke requirements. If I complain to the author what do you think they will say to me?
On the point you make about having a button to HIDE templates you don’t want to see again, I don’t know how easy this would be to achieve. You’d have to take it up with Envato
I am a programmer, maybe you are too, it would be very simple to do it.
When I log in I have an ID and this would be used to associate the templates to hide with my ID, creating a new table in the database called for example: hidden_template, in this table there are the template IDs paired with my customer ID, and that’s it.
Every time I have to display the search, they add to the sql SELECT, to show all "except those inserted in the table: hidden_template, end of story. For programmers it’s simple, at least for me it’s simple. And then they make a “show hidden” button and the templates inserted in the hidden_template table are listed
Has all the ways to get in touch with Envato to make your suggestion a possible reality.
I see where you are coming from, but it’s not my business nor do I own it, run it, or have any say in how they manage it. Thanks and best wishes.
I believe Envato has over 6m users now.
With @123Simples suggestions, if you hide more than 20k items, just to store that information, it’d require 132GB database, not even mentioning how much data it’d be used to get the information from the database, on the other hand, could be managed by cookies but it’d be a problem when you switched the computer, etc.
In theory, it’s simple but it’s not doable.