Fill a PDF form via Excel (VBA) - Hide text box

Hi,
i already created a PDF form and also can fill the text boxes with Excel VBA.
Now i'm about to hide some fields if they are empty, but i have no clue how to.
My code to fill the fields is:
Fields("Title").Value = Worksheets(TabName).Cells(actCell, 4).Value
To hide a field the code should be similar, but i have no clue what statement i need to set.
I already tried:
Fields("Title").Visible = False
Fields("Title").Hide
Fields("Title").Hide = True
What else can i type to hide and unhide the fields?
Looking forward to hear from you.
Thanks a lot.

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