diff --git a/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatable.html b/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatable.html
index cfaae7d8c..20e25cbb5 100644
--- a/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatable.html
+++ b/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatable.html
@@ -9,6 +9,57 @@
           <span class="setting" ng-class="{ 'setting-active': $ctrl.state.displayTextFilter }" ng-click="$ctrl.updateDisplayTextFilter()" ng-if="$ctrl.showTextFilter">
             <i class="fa fa-search" aria-hidden="true"></i> Search
           </span>
+          <span class="setting" ng-class="{ 'setting-active': $ctrl.columnVisibility.state.open }" uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body auto-close="disabled" is-open="$ctrl.columnVisibility.state.open">
+              <span uib-dropdown-toggle ><i class="fa fa-columns space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>Columns</span>
+              <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" uib-dropdown-menu>
+                <div class="tableMenu">
+                  <div class="menuHeader">
+                    Show / Hide Columns
+                  </div>
+                  <div class="menuContent">
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_state" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.state.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_state" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.state.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_actions" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.actions.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_actions" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.actions.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_stack" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.stack.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_stack" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.stack.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_image" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.image.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_image" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.image.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_created" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.created.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_created" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.created.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_ip" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ip.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_ip" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ip.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox" ng-if="$ctrl.showHostColumn">
+                      <input id="col_vis_host" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.host.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_host" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.host.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_ports" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ports.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_ports" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ports.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="md-checkbox">
+                      <input id="col_vis_ownership" ng-click="$ctrl.onColumnVisibilityChange()" type="checkbox" ng-model="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ownership.display"/>
+                      <label for="col_vis_ownership" ng-bind="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ownership.label"></label>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <a type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" ng-click="$ctrl.columnVisibility.state.open = false;">Close</a>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+          </span>
           <span class="setting" ng-class="{ 'setting-active': $ctrl.settings.open }" uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body auto-close="disabled" is-open="$ctrl.settings.open">
             <span uib-dropdown-toggle><i class="fa fa-cog" aria-hidden="true"></i> Settings</span>
             <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" uib-dropdown-menu>
@@ -78,7 +129,7 @@
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-up" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Names' && $ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                 </a>
               </th>
-              <th uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body auto-close="disabled" is-open="$ctrl.filters.state.open">
+              <th uib-dropdown dropdown-append-to-body auto-close="disabled" is-open="$ctrl.filters.state.open" ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.state.display">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('Status')">
                   State
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Status' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
@@ -105,45 +156,52 @@
                   </div>
                 </div>
               </th>
-              <th ng-if="$ctrl.settings.showQuickActionStats || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionLogs || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionConsole || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionInspect">
+              <th ng-if="$ctrl.settings.showQuickActionStats || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionLogs || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionConsole || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionInspect" ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.actions.display">
                 Quick actions
               </th>
-              <th>
+              <th ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.stack.display">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('StackName')">
                   Stack
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'StackName' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-up" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'StackName' && $ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                 </a>
               </th>
-              <th>
+              <th ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.image.display">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('Image')">
                   Image
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Image' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-up" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Image' && $ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                 </a>
               </th>
-              <th>
+              <th ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.created.display">
+                <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('Created')">
+                    <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Created' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
+                    <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-up" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Created' && $ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
+                  Created
+                </a>
+              </th>
+              <th ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ip.display">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('IP')">
                   IP Address
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'IP' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-up" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'IP' && $ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                 </a>
               </th>
-              <th ng-if="$ctrl.showHostColumn">
+              <th ng-if="$ctrl.showHostColumn" ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.host.display">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('NodeName')">
                   Host
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'NodeName' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-up" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'NodeName' && $ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                 </a>
               </th>
-              <th>
+              <th ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ports.display">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('Ports')">
                   Published Ports
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Ports' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-up" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'Ports' && $ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
                 </a>
               </th>
-              <th ng-if="$ctrl.showOwnershipColumn">
+              <th ng-if="$ctrl.showOwnershipColumn" ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ownership.display">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.changeOrderBy('ResourceControl.Ownership')">
                   Ownership
                   <i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-down" aria-hidden="true" ng-if="$ctrl.state.orderBy === 'ResourceControl.Ownership' && !$ctrl.state.reverseOrder"></i>
@@ -161,11 +219,11 @@
                 </span>
                 <a ui-sref="docker.containers.container({ id: item.Id, nodeName: item.NodeName })" title="{{ item | containername }}">{{ item | containername | truncate: $ctrl.settings.containerNameTruncateSize }}</a>
               </td>
-              <td>
+              <td ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.state.display">
                 <span ng-if="['starting','healthy','unhealthy'].indexOf(item.Status) !== -1" class="label label-{{ item.Status|containerstatusbadge }} interactive" uib-tooltip="This container has a health check">{{ item.Status }}</span>
                 <span ng-if="['starting','healthy','unhealthy'].indexOf(item.Status) === -1" class="label label-{{ item.Status|containerstatusbadge }}">{{ item.Status }}</span>
               </td>
-              <td ng-if="$ctrl.settings.showQuickActionStats || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionLogs || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionConsole || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionInspect">
+              <td ng-if="$ctrl.settings.showQuickActionStats || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionLogs || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionConsole || $ctrl.settings.showQuickActionInspect" ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.actions.display">
                 <div class="btn-group btn-group-xs" role="group" aria-label="..." style="display:inline-flex;">
                   <a ng-if="$ctrl.settings.showQuickActionStats" style="margin: 0 2.5px;" ui-sref="docker.containers.container.stats({id: item.Id, nodeName: item.NodeName})" title="Stats"><i class="fa fa-chart-area space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
                   <a ng-if="$ctrl.settings.showQuickActionLogs" style="margin: 0 2.5px;" ui-sref="docker.containers.container.logs({id: item.Id, nodeName: item.NodeName})" title="Logs"><i class="fa fa-file-alt space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
@@ -173,17 +231,20 @@
                   <a ng-if="$ctrl.settings.showQuickActionInspect" style="margin: 0 2.5px;" ui-sref="docker.containers.container.inspect({id: item.Id, nodeName: item.NodeName})" title="Inspect"><i class="fa fa-info-circle space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
                 </div>
               </td>
-              <td>{{ item.StackName ? item.StackName : '-' }}</td>
-              <td><a ui-sref="docker.images.image({ id: item.Image })">{{ item.Image | trimshasum }}</a></td>
-              <td>{{ item.IP ? item.IP : '-' }}</td>
-              <td ng-if="$ctrl.showHostColumn">{{ item.NodeName ? item.NodeName : '-' }}</td>
-              <td>
+              <td ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.stack.display">{{ item.StackName ? item.StackName : '-' }}</td>
+              <td ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.image.display"><a ui-sref="docker.images.image({ id: item.Image })">{{ item.Image | trimshasum }}</a></td>
+              <td ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.created.display">
+                  {{item.Created | getisodatefromtimestamp}}
+              </td>
+              <td ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ip.display">{{ item.IP ? item.IP : '-' }}</td>
+              <td ng-if="$ctrl.showHostColumn" ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.host.display">{{ item.NodeName ? item.NodeName : '-' }}</td>
+              <td ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ports.display">
                 <a ng-if="item.Ports.length > 0" ng-repeat="p in item.Ports" class="image-tag" ng-href="http://{{ $ctrl.state.publicURL || p.host }}:{{p.public}}" target="_blank">
                   <i class="fa fa-external-link-alt" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ p.public }}:{{ p.private }}
                 </a>
                 <span ng-if="item.Ports.length == 0" >-</span>
               </td>
-              <td ng-if="$ctrl.showOwnershipColumn">
+              <td ng-if="$ctrl.showOwnershipColumn" ng-show="$ctrl.columnVisibility.columns.ownership.display">
                 <span>
                   <i ng-class="item.ResourceControl.Ownership | ownershipicon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
                   {{ item.ResourceControl.Ownership ? item.ResourceControl.Ownership : item.ResourceControl.Ownership = 'public' }}
diff --git a/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatableController.js b/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatableController.js
index fe97f901a..d8b2ef00e 100644
--- a/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatableController.js
+++ b/app/docker/components/datatables/containers-datatable/containersDatatableController.js
@@ -34,6 +34,54 @@ function (PaginationService, DatatableService, EndpointProvider) {
     }
   };
 
+  this.columnVisibility = {
+    state: {
+      open: false
+    },
+    columns: {
+      state: {
+        label: 'State',
+        display: true
+      },
+      actions: {
+        label: 'Quick Actions',
+        display: true
+      },
+      stack: {
+        label: 'Stack',
+        display: true
+      },
+      image: {
+        label: 'Image',
+        display: true
+      },
+      created: {
+        label: 'Created',
+        display: true
+      },
+      ip: {
+        label: 'IP Address',
+        display: true
+      },
+      host: {
+        label: 'Host',
+        display: true
+      },
+      ports: {
+        label: 'Published Ports',
+        display: true
+      },
+      ownership: {
+        label: 'Ownership',
+        display: true
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  this.onColumnVisibilityChange = function()  {
+    DatatableService.setColumnVisibilitySettings(this.tableKey, this.columnVisibility);
+  };
+
   this.changeOrderBy = function(orderField) {
     this.state.reverseOrder = this.state.orderBy === orderField ? !this.state.reverseOrder : false;
     this.state.orderBy = orderField;
@@ -181,6 +229,12 @@ function (PaginationService, DatatableService, EndpointProvider) {
       this.settings = storedSettings;
     }
     this.settings.open = false;
+
+    var storedColumnVisibility = DatatableService.getColumnVisibilitySettings(this.tableKey);
+    if (storedColumnVisibility !== null) {
+      this.columnVisibility = storedColumnVisibility;
+    }
+    this.columnVisibility.state.open = false;
   };
 
   function setDefaults(ctrl) {
diff --git a/app/docker/models/container.js b/app/docker/models/container.js
index 1c1130456..015223ad8 100644
--- a/app/docker/models/container.js
+++ b/app/docker/models/container.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function ContainerViewModel(data) {
   this.Id = data.Id;
   this.Status = createStatus(data.Status);
   this.State = data.State;
+  this.Created = data.Created;
   this.Names = data.Names;
   // Unavailable in Docker < 1.10
   if (data.NetworkSettings && !_.isEmpty(data.NetworkSettings.Networks)) {
diff --git a/app/portainer/services/datatableService.js b/app/portainer/services/datatableService.js
index 7809c4b1a..2842c948d 100644
--- a/app/portainer/services/datatableService.js
+++ b/app/portainer/services/datatableService.js
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ function DatatableServiceFactory(LocalStorage) {
     LocalStorage.storeDataTableExpandedItems(key, expandedItems);
   };
 
+  service.setColumnVisibilitySettings = function(key, columnVisibility) {
+    LocalStorage.storeColumnVisibilitySettings(key, columnVisibility);
+  };
+
   service.getDataTableExpandedItems = function(key) {
     return LocalStorage.getDataTableExpandedItems(key);
   };
@@ -49,5 +53,9 @@ function DatatableServiceFactory(LocalStorage) {
     return LocalStorage.getDataTableSelectedItems(key);
   };
 
+  service.getColumnVisibilitySettings = function(key) {
+    return LocalStorage.getColumnVisibilitySettings(key);
+  };
+
   return service;
 }]);
diff --git a/app/portainer/services/localStorage.js b/app/portainer/services/localStorage.js
index c94e0cadc..cb1dadceb 100644
--- a/app/portainer/services/localStorage.js
+++ b/app/portainer/services/localStorage.js
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ angular.module('portainer.app')
     getSwarmVisualizerSettings: function(key) {
       return localStorageService.get('swarmvisualizer_' + key);
     },
+    storeColumnVisibilitySettings: function(key, data) {
+      localStorageService.set('col_visibility_' + key, data);
+    },
+    getColumnVisibilitySettings: function(key) {
+      return localStorageService.get('col_visibility_' + key);
+    },
     clean: function() {
       localStorageService.clearAll();
     }