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I wanted a custom field for configuration purposes only (and no user needs to see or modify the value) I created a field as 'view only' with a default value but it still shows on the registration form (this is an Event-related field).  Is there a setting/feature to add a custom field that will NOT be displayed on the form, it is meant to be an admin-only sort of value.

You can disable the field? Set it to is_active = 0? That means you can still manipulate the data in your extension/customization but the user does not see it? I am assuming it will receive its value from some kind of code???

To clarify what I meant: you can add custom participant fields to an event by creating a custom field set and specifying the event(s) it is applicable for.
Once you do that, the data will be there. You'll be able to see it and work with it from the CiviCRM back-end.
If you don't want the field to appear on the registration form, simply do nothing, by default it is not there.
In order to make it appear on the registration form you need to create a profile, add the custom field to the profile, and add the profile to the event registration page.
If you didn't want the field on the registration page, why would you do that?