diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 115d1776..37394547 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 - Not showing closed milestones by default in backlog view.
+- In kanban view an archived user story status doesn't show his content by default.
 
 ### Misc
 - Lots of small and not so small bugfixes.
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/admin/project-values.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/admin/project-values.coffee
index 8f70c0ce..188daba2 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/admin/project-values.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/admin/project-values.coffee
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ ProjectValuesDirective = ($log, $repo, $confirm, $location, animationFrame) ->
             $scope.newValue = {
                 "name": ""
                 "is_closed": false
+                "is_archived": false
             }
 
         initializeNewValue()
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee
index 3e2dfbbd..f687b002 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/kanban/main.coffee
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
         @scope.sectionName = "Kanban"
         @scope.statusViewModes = {}
         @.initializeEventHandlers()
+
         promise = @.loadInitialData()
 
         # On Success
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
 
         @scope.$on("assigned-to:added", @.onAssignedToChanged)
         @scope.$on("kanban:us:move", @.moveUs)
+        @scope.$on("kanban:show-userstories-for-status", @.loadUserStoriesForStatus)
+        @scope.$on("kanban:hide-userstories-for-status", @.hideUserStoriesForStatus)
 
     # Template actions
 
@@ -127,22 +130,44 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
             @scope.project.tags_colors = tags_colors
 
     loadUserstories: ->
-        return @rs.userstories.listAll(@scope.projectId).then (userstories) =>
-            @scope.userstories = userstories
-            @scope.usByStatus = _.groupBy(userstories, "status")
+        params = {
+            status__is_archived: false
+        }
 
+        return @rs.userstories.listAll(@scope.projectId, params).then (userstories) =>
+            @scope.userstories = userstories
+
+            usByStatus = _.groupBy(userstories, "status")
             for status in @scope.usStatusList
-                if not @scope.usByStatus[status.id]?
-                    @scope.usByStatus[status.id] = []
-                @scope.usByStatus[status.id] = _.sortBy(@scope.usByStatus[status.id], "kanban_order")
+                if not usByStatus[status.id]?
+                    usByStatus[status.id] = []
+
+                # Must preserve the archived columns if loaded
+                if status.is_archived and @scope.usByStatus?
+                    usByStatus[status.id]  = @scope.usByStatus[status.id]
+
+                usByStatus[status.id] = _.sortBy(usByStatus[status.id], "kanban_order")
+
+            @scope.usByStatus = usByStatus
 
             # The broadcast must be executed when the DOM has been fully reloaded.
             # We can't assure when this exactly happens so we need a defer
             scopeDefer @scope, =>
-                @scope.$broadcast("userstories:loaded")
+                @scope.$broadcast("userstories:loaded", userstories)
 
             return userstories
 
+    loadUserStoriesForStatus: (ctx, statusId) ->
+        params = { status: statusId }
+        return @rs.userstories.listAll(@scope.projectId, params).then (userstories) =>
+            @scope.usByStatus[statusId] = _.sortBy(userstories, "kanban_order")
+            @scope.$broadcast("kanban:shown-userstories-for-status", statusId, userstories)
+            return userstories
+
+    hideUserStoriesForStatus: (ctx, statusId) ->
+        @scope.usByStatus[statusId] = []
+        @scope.$broadcast("kanban:hidden-userstories-for-status", statusId)
+
     loadKanban: ->
         return @q.all([
             @.refreshTagsColors(),
@@ -153,6 +178,7 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
         return @rs.projects.getBySlug(@params.pslug).then (project) =>
             @scope.projectId = project.id
             @scope.project = project
+            @scope.projectId = project.id
             @scope.points = _.sortBy(project.points, "order")
             @scope.pointsById = groupBy(project.points, (x) -> x.id)
             @scope.usStatusById = groupBy(project.us_statuses, (x) -> x.id)
@@ -213,22 +239,22 @@ class KanbanController extends mixOf(taiga.Controller, taiga.PageMixin, taiga.Fi
 
         return items
 
-    moveUs: (ctx, us, statusId, index) ->
-        if us.status != statusId
+    moveUs: (ctx, us, oldStatusId, newStatusId, index) ->
+        if oldStatusId != newStatusId
             # Remove us from old status column
-            r = @scope.usByStatus[us.status].indexOf(us)
-            @scope.usByStatus[us.status].splice(r, 1)
+            r = @scope.usByStatus[oldStatusId].indexOf(us)
+            @scope.usByStatus[oldStatusId].splice(r, 1)
 
             # Add us to new status column.
-            @scope.usByStatus[statusId].splice(index, 0, us)
-            us.status = statusId
+            @scope.usByStatus[newStatusId].splice(index, 0, us)
+            us.status = newStatusId
         else
-            r = @scope.usByStatus[statusId].indexOf(us)
-            @scope.usByStatus[statusId].splice(r, 1)
-            @scope.usByStatus[statusId].splice(index, 0, us)
+            r = @scope.usByStatus[newStatusId].indexOf(us)
+            @scope.usByStatus[newStatusId].splice(r, 1)
+            @scope.usByStatus[newStatusId].splice(index, 0, us)
 
-        itemsToSave = @.resortUserStories(@scope.usByStatus[statusId])
-        @scope.usByStatus[statusId] = _.sortBy(@scope.usByStatus[statusId], "kanban_order")
+        itemsToSave = @.resortUserStories(@scope.usByStatus[newStatusId])
+        @scope.usByStatus[newStatusId] = _.sortBy(@scope.usByStatus[newStatusId], "kanban_order")
 
         # Persist the userstory
         promise = @repo.save(us)
@@ -296,6 +322,104 @@ KanbanColumnHeightFixerDirective = ->
 
 module.directive("tgKanbanColumnHeightFixer", KanbanColumnHeightFixerDirective)
 
+
+#############################################################################
+## Kanban Archived Status Column Header Control
+#############################################################################
+
+KanbanArchivedStatusHeaderDirective = ($rootscope) ->
+    #TODO: i18N
+    showArchivedText = "Show archived"
+    hideArchivedText = "Hide archived"
+
+    link = ($scope, $el, $attrs) ->
+        status = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgKanbanArchivedStatusHeader)
+        hidden = true
+
+        $scope.class = "icon icon-open-eye"
+        $scope.title = showArchivedText
+
+        $el.on "click", (event) ->
+            hidden = not hidden
+
+            $scope.$apply ->
+                if hidden
+                    $scope.class = "icon icon-open-eye"
+                    $scope.title = showArchivedText
+                    $rootscope.$broadcast("kanban:hide-userstories-for-status", status.id)
+
+                else
+                    $scope.class = "icon icon-closed-eye"
+                    $scope.title = hideArchivedText
+                    $rootscope.$broadcast("kanban:show-userstories-for-status", status.id)
+
+        $scope.$on "$destroy", ->
+            $el.off()
+
+    return {link:link}
+
+module.directive("tgKanbanArchivedStatusHeader", [ "$rootScope", KanbanArchivedStatusHeaderDirective])
+
+
+#############################################################################
+## Kanban Archived Status Column Intro Directive
+#############################################################################
+
+KanbanArchivedStatusIntroDirective = ->
+    # TODO: i18n
+    hiddenUserStoriexText = "The user stories in this status are hidden by default"
+    userStories = []
+
+    link = ($scope, $el, $attrs) ->
+        status = $scope.$eval($attrs.tgKanbanArchivedStatusIntro)
+        $el.text(hiddenUserStoriexText)
+
+        updateIntroText = ->
+            if userStories.length > 0
+                $el.text("")
+            else
+                $el.text(hiddenUserStoriexText)
+
+        $scope.$on "kanban:us:move", (ctx, itemUs, oldStatusId, newStatusId, itemIndex) ->
+            # The destination columnd is this one
+            if status.id == newStatusId
+                # Reorder
+                if status.id == oldStatusId
+                    r = userStories.indexOf(itemUs)
+                    userStories.splice(r, 1)
+                    userStories.splice(itemIndex, 0, itemUs)
+
+                # Archiving user story
+                else
+                    itemUs.isArchived = true
+                    userStories.splice(itemIndex, 0, itemUs)
+
+            # Unarchiving user story
+            else if status.id == oldStatusId
+                itemUs.isArchived = false
+                r = userStories.indexOf(itemUs)
+                userStories.splice(r, 1)
+
+            updateIntroText()
+
+        $scope.$on "kanban:shown-userstories-for-status", (ctx, statusId, userStoriesLoaded) ->
+            if statusId == status.id
+                userStories = _.filter(userStoriesLoaded, (us) -> us.status == status.id)
+                updateIntroText()
+
+        $scope.$on "kanban:hidden-userstories-for-status", (ctx, statusId) ->
+            if statusId == status.id
+                userStories = []
+                updateIntroText()
+
+        $scope.$on "$destroy", ->
+            $el.off()
+
+    return {link:link}
+
+module.directive("tgKanbanArchivedStatusIntro", KanbanArchivedStatusIntroDirective)
+
+
 #############################################################################
 ## Kanban User Story Directive
 #############################################################################
diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/kanban/sortable.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/kanban/sortable.coffee
index 0b641d01..ac86e649 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/kanban/sortable.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/kanban/sortable.coffee
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ KanbanSortableDirective = ($repo, $rs, $rootscope) ->
                     deleteElement(itemEl)
 
                 $scope.$apply ->
-                    $rootscope.$broadcast("kanban:us:move", itemUs, newStatusId, itemIndex)
+                    $rootscope.$broadcast("kanban:us:move", itemUs, itemUs.status, newStatusId, itemIndex)
 
                 ui.item.find('a').removeClass('noclick')
 
diff --git a/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade b/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade
index 628ab762..03739ccd 100644
--- a/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade
+++ b/app/partials/views/components/kanban-task.jade
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
-div.kanban-tagline(tg-colorize-tags="us.tags", tg-colorize-tags-type="kanban")
-div.kanban-task-inner
-    div(tg-kanban-user-avatar="us.assigned_to", ng-model="us")
-    div.task-text
+div.kanban-tagline(tg-colorize-tags="us.tags", tg-colorize-tags-type="kanban", ng-hide="us.isArchived")
+div.kanban-task-inner(ng-class="{'task-archived': us.isArchived}")
+    div(tg-kanban-user-avatar="us.assigned_to", ng-model="us", ng-hide="us.isArchived")
+    div.task-text(ng-hide="us.isArchived")
         a.task-assigned(href="", title="Assign User Story")
         span.task-num(tg-bo-ref="us.ref")
         a.task-name(href="", title="See user story detail", ng-bind="us.subject",
                     tg-nav="project-userstories-detail:project=project.slug,ref=us.ref")
+
         p.task-points(href="", title="Total Us points")
             span(ng-if="us.total_points !== null", ng-bind="us.total_points")
             span(ng-if="us.total_points !== null") points
             span(ng-if="us.total_points === null") Not estimated
-    a.icon.icon-edit(tg-check-permission="modify_us", href="", title="Edit")
-    a.icon.icon-drag-h(tg-check-permission="modify_us", href="", title="Drag&Drop")
+
+    div.task-archived-text(ng-show="us.isArchived")
+        p You have archived
+        p
+            span.task-num(tg-bo-ref="us.ref")
+            span.task-name(ng-bind="us.subject")
+        p Drag & drop again to undo
+
+    a.icon.icon-edit(tg-check-permission="modify_us", href="", title="Edit", ng-hide="us.isArchived")
+    a.icon.icon-drag-h(tg-check-permission="modify_us", href="", title="Drag&Drop", ng-hide="us.isArchived")
diff --git a/app/partials/views/modules/admin/project-us-status.jade b/app/partials/views/modules/admin/project-us-status.jade
index 50c22641..a78f7607 100644
--- a/app/partials/views/modules/admin/project-us-status.jade
+++ b/app/partials/views/modules/admin/project-us-status.jade
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ section.colors-table
             div.status-name Name
             div.status-slug Slug
             div.is-closed-column Is closed?
+            div.is-archived-column Is archived?
             div.status-wip-limit WIP Limit
             div.options-column
 
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ section.colors-table
                     div.is-closed-column
                         div.icon.icon-check-square(ng-show="value.is_closed")
 
+                    div.is-archived-column
+                        div.icon.icon-check-square(ng-show="value.is_archived")
+
                     div.status-wip-limit
                         span {{ value.wip_limit }}
 
@@ -45,6 +49,11 @@ section.colors-table
                     div.is-closed-column
                         select(name="is_closed", ng-model="value.is_closed", data-required="true",
                                ng-options="e.id as e.name for e in [{'id':true, 'name':'Yes'},{'id':false, 'name': 'No'}]")
+
+                    div.is-archived-column
+                        select(name="is_archived", ng-model="value.is_archived", data-required="true",
+                               ng-options="e.id as e.name for e in [{'id':true, 'name':'Yes'},{'id':false, 'name': 'No'}]")
+
                     div.status-wip-limit
                         input(name="wip_limit", type="number", placeholder="WIP Limit",
                             ng-model="value.wip_limit", data-type="digits")
@@ -67,6 +76,10 @@ section.colors-table
                     select(name="is_closed", ng-model="newValue.is_closed", data-required="true",
                            ng-options="e.id as e.name for e in [{'id':true, 'name':'Yes'},{'id':false, 'name': 'No'}]")
 
+                div.is-archived-column
+                    select(name="is_archived", ng-model="newValue.is_archived", data-required="true",
+                           ng-options="e.id as e.name for e in [{'id':true, 'name':'Yes'},{'id':false, 'name': 'No'}]")
+
                 div.status-wip-limit
                     input(name="wip_limit", type="number", placeholder="WIP Limit",
                           ng-model="newValue.wip_limit", data-type="digits")
diff --git a/app/partials/views/modules/kanban-table.jade b/app/partials/views/modules/kanban-table.jade
index 3d006778..a3507eac 100644
--- a/app/partials/views/modules/kanban-table.jade
+++ b/app/partials/views/modules/kanban-table.jade
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ div.kanban-table(tg-kanban-squish-column)
                 span(tg-bo-bind="s.name")
                 div.options
 
-
                     a.icon.icon-vfold.hfold(href="", ng-click='foldStatus(s)' title="Fold Column", ng-class='{hidden:folds[s.id]}')
                     a.icon.icon-vunfold.hunfold(href="", ng-click='foldStatus(s)', title="Unfold Column", ng-class='{hidden:!folds[s.id]}')
 
-
                     a.icon.icon-vfold(href="", title="Fold Cards",
                                          ng-class="{hidden:statusViewModes[s.id] == 'minimized'}",
                                          ng-click="ctrl.updateStatusViewMode(s.id, 'minimized')")
@@ -19,18 +17,30 @@ div.kanban-table(tg-kanban-squish-column)
 
                     a.icon.icon-plus(href="", title="Add New User Story",
                                      ng-click="ctrl.addNewUs('standard', s.id)",
-                                     tg-check-permission="add_us")
+                                     tg-check-permission="add_us",
+                                     ng-hide="s.is_archived")
 
                     a.icon.icon-bulk(href="", title="Add New bulk",
                                      ng-click="ctrl.addNewUs('bulk', s.id)",
-                                     tg-check-permission="add_us")
+                                     tg-check-permission="add_us",
+                                     ng-hide="s.is_archived")
+
+                    a(href="",
+                                    ng-attr-title="{{title}}",
+                                    ng-class="class"
+                                    ng-if="s.is_archived",
+                                    tg-kanban-archived-status-header="s")
 
     div.kanban-table-body
         div.kanban-table-inner(tg-kanban-row-width-fixer)
-            div.kanban-uses-box.task-column(ng-class='{vfold:folds[s.id]}', ng-repeat="s in usStatusList track by s.id",
+            div.kanban-uses-box.task-column(ng-class='{vfold:folds[s.id]}',
+                                            ng-repeat="s in usStatusList track by s.id",
                                             tg-kanban-sortable,
                                             tg-kanban-wip-limit="s.wip_limit",
                                             tg-kanban-column-height-fixer)
+
                 div.kanban-task(ng-repeat="us in usByStatus[s.id] track by us.id",
                                 tg-kanban-userstory, ng-model="us",
                                 ng-class="ctrl.getCardClass(s.id)")
+
+                div.kanban-column-intro(ng-if="s.is_archived", tg-kanban-archived-status-intro="s")
diff --git a/app/styles/components/kanban-task.scss b/app/styles/components/kanban-task.scss
index 83dbe4b1..63778eb9 100644
--- a/app/styles/components/kanban-task.scss
+++ b/app/styles/components/kanban-task.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     margin: .2rem;
     position: relative;
     &:last-child {
-        margin: 0;
+        margin-bottom: 0;
     }
     &:hover {
         .icon-edit,
@@ -94,10 +94,37 @@
     }
 }
 
+
 .kanban-task-maximized {
     .kanban-task-inner {
         padding: 1rem 1rem 2rem;
     }
+    .task-archived {
+        background: darken($whitish, 5%);
+        padding: .5rem;
+        text-align: left;
+        transition: background .3s linear;
+        &:hover {
+            background: darken($whitish, 8%);
+            transition: background .3s linear;
+        }
+        .task-archived-text {
+            flex: 1;
+        }
+        span {
+            color: $gray-light;
+        }
+        p {
+            @extend %small;
+            color: $gray-light;
+            margin: 0;
+            &:last-child {
+                color: $gray;
+                margin: .5rem 0;
+                text-align: center;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     .avatar {
         @include table-flex-child($flex-basis: 50px);
     }
@@ -134,6 +161,32 @@
     .kanban-task-inner {
         padding: 0 .3rem;
     }
+    .task-archived {
+        @extend %small;
+        background: darken($whitish, 5%);
+        padding: .3rem;
+        text-align: left;
+        .task-archived-text {
+            flex: 1;
+        }
+        span {
+            color: $gray-light;
+        }
+        .task-name {
+            display: inline-block;
+            max-width: 70%;
+            overflow: hidden;
+            text-overflow: ellipsis;
+            white-space: nowrap;
+        }
+        p {
+            color: $gray-light;
+            margin: 0;
+            &:last-child {
+                display: none;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     .avatar {
         @include table-flex-child($flex-basis: 40px);
     }
diff --git a/app/styles/modules/common/colors-table.scss b/app/styles/modules/common/colors-table.scss
index c188f54e..c1594d54 100644
--- a/app/styles/modules/common/colors-table.scss
+++ b/app/styles/modules/common/colors-table.scss
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
             max-width: 100px;
             position: relative;
         }
+        .is-archived-column,
         .is-closed-column,
         .options-column,
         .status-wip-limit {
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@
             opacity: 0;
             text-align: right;
         }
+        .is-archived-column {
+            max-width: 130px;
+            padding: 0 0 0 10px;
+            text-align: center;
+        }
         .is-closed-column {
             max-width: 130px;
             text-align: center;
diff --git a/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss b/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss
index ef5f1f52..5576acf6 100644
--- a/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss
+++ b/app/styles/modules/kanban/kanban-table.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ $column-margin: 0 10px 0 0;
             .icon-bulk,
             .icon-vfold,
             .icon-vunfold,
+            .icon-open-eye,
+            .icon-closed-eye,
             span {
                 display: none;
             }
@@ -96,6 +98,15 @@ $column-margin: 0 10px 0 0;
         &:last-child {
             margin-right: 0;
         }
+        .kanban-column-intro {
+            @extend %bold;
+            @extend %small;
+            color: $gray-light;
+            margin: 1rem 2rem;
+            &.active {
+                color: $blackish;
+            }
+        }
         .kanban-wip-limit {
             background: $red;
             border-radius: 2px;