diff --git a/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts b/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
index 5de328aa..320f95c5 100644
--- a/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
+++ b/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
@@ -752,6 +752,19 @@ export class BCSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
         };
       });
 
+    new Setting(alternativeHierarchyDetails)
+      .setName("Trim Dendron Note Names")
+      .setDesc(
+        "When displaying a dendron note name, should it be trimmed to only show the last item in the chain? e.g. `A.B.C` would be trimmed to only display `C`."
+      )
+      .addToggle((toggle) =>
+        toggle.setValue(settings.trimDendronNotes).onChange(async (value) => {
+          settings.trimDendronNotes = value;
+          await plugin.saveSettings();
+          await plugin.getActiveTYPEView(MATRIX_VIEW).draw();
+        })
+      );
+
     const fields = getFields(settings.userHiers);
 
     if (!fields.includes(settings.dendronNoteField)) {
diff --git a/src/Components/Down.svelte b/src/Components/Down.svelte
index 0282096c..0d7398c9 100644
--- a/src/Components/Down.svelte
+++ b/src/Components/Down.svelte
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     getSubInDirs,
   } from "../graphUtils";
   import type BCPlugin from "../main";
+  import { dropDendron } from "../sharedFunctions";
 
   export let plugin: BCPlugin;
   export let view: DownView;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
           <a
             class="internal-link {isInVault(plugin.app, line[1])
               ? ''
-              : 'is-unresolved'}">{line[1]}</a
+              : 'is-unresolved'}">{dropDendron(line[1], settings)}</a
           >
         </span>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/Components/Lists.svelte b/src/Components/Lists.svelte
index 5c991644..c33e5944 100644
--- a/src/Components/Lists.svelte
+++ b/src/Components/Lists.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { App, TFile } from "obsidian";
   import { hoverPreview, openOrSwitch } from "obsidian-community-lib";
+  import { dropPathNDendron } from "../sharedFunctions";
   import type { BCSettings, SquareProps } from "../interfaces";
   import type MatrixView from "../MatrixView";
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
                       on:mouseover={(e) =>
                         hoverPreview(e, matrixView, realItem.to)}
                     >
-                      {realItem.alt ?? realItem.to.split("/").last()}
+                      {realItem.alt ?? dropPathNDendron(realItem.to, settings)}
                     </div>
                   </li>
                 {/each}
@@ -62,8 +63,10 @@
                       on:mouseover={(e) =>
                         hoverPreview(e, matrixView, impliedItem.to)}
                       aria-label={impliedItem.parent ?? ""}
+                      aria-label-position="left"
                     >
-                      {impliedItem.alt ?? impliedItem.to.split("/").last()}
+                      {impliedItem.alt ??
+                        dropPathNDendron(impliedItem.to, settings)}
                     </div>
                   </li>
                 {/each}
diff --git a/src/Components/Matrix.svelte b/src/Components/Matrix.svelte
index 3651622c..8503a08c 100644
--- a/src/Components/Matrix.svelte
+++ b/src/Components/Matrix.svelte
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   import { hoverPreview, openOrSwitch } from "obsidian-community-lib";
   import type { BCSettings, SquareProps } from "../interfaces";
   import type MatrixView from "../MatrixView";
+  import { dropPathNDendron } from "../sharedFunctions";
 
   export let filteredSquaresArr: SquareProps[][];
   export let currFile: TFile;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
                       on:mouseover={(event) =>
                         hoverPreview(event, matrixView, realItem.to)}
                     >
-                      {realItem.alt ?? realItem.to.split("/").last()}
+                      {realItem.alt ?? dropPathNDendron(realItem.to, settings)}
                     </div>
                   </li>
                 {/each}
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@
                         : ""}
                       aria-label-position="left"
                     >
-                      {impliedItem.alt ?? impliedItem.to.split("/").last()}
+                      {impliedItem.alt ??
+                        dropPathNDendron(impliedItem.to, settings)}
                     </div>
                   </li>
                 {/each}
diff --git a/src/Components/TrailGrid.svelte b/src/Components/TrailGrid.svelte
index e0dd1c91..0924b356 100644
--- a/src/Components/TrailGrid.svelte
+++ b/src/Components/TrailGrid.svelte
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@
     hoverPreview,
     openOrSwitch,
   } from "obsidian-community-lib/dist/utils";
+  import {
+    closeImpliedLinks,
+    getOutNeighbours,
+    getSubInDirs,
+  } from "../graphUtils";
   import type BCPlugin from "../main";
   import {
+    dropDendron,
     linkClass,
     normalise,
     padArray,
     runs,
     transpose,
   } from "../sharedFunctions";
-
-  import {
-    closeImpliedLinks,
-    getOutNeighbours,
-    getSubInDirs,
-  } from "../graphUtils";
   export let sortedTrails: string[][];
   export let app: App;
   export let plugin: BCPlugin;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
         on:mouseover={(e) => hoverPreview(e, activeLeafView, step.value)}
       >
         <div class={linkClass(app, step.value)}>
-          {step.value}
+          {dropDendron(step.value, settings)}
         </div>
         {#if step.value && settings.gridDots}
           <div class="dots">
diff --git a/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte b/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte
index b1d5b8f9..2b1a887f 100644
--- a/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte
+++ b/src/Components/TrailPath.svelte
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     hoverPreview,
     openOrSwitch,
   } from "obsidian-community-lib/dist/utils";
+  import { dropDendron } from "../sharedFunctions";
   import type BCPlugin from "../main";
 
   export let sortedTrails: string[][];
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
               on:click={async (e) => await openOrSwitch(app, crumb, e)}
               on:mouseover={(e) => hoverPreview(e, view, crumb)}
             >
-              {crumb}
+              {dropDendron(crumb, settings)}
             </span>
             {#if i < trail.length - 1}
               <span>{" " + settings.trailSeperator + " "}</span>
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index efa732d3..cb948636 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: BCSettings = {
   noPathMessage: `This note has no real or implied parents`,
   trailSeperator: "→",
   treatCurrNodeAsImpliedSibling: false,
+  trimDendronNotes: false,
   respectReadableLineLength: true,
   userHiers: [
     {
diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index e6b49556..a3c2387e 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export interface BCSettings {
   showTrail: boolean;
   trailSeperator: string;
   treatCurrNodeAsImpliedSibling: boolean;
+  trimDendronNotes: boolean;
   useAllMetadata: boolean;
   userHiers: UserHier[];
   visGraph: visTypes;
diff --git a/src/sharedFunctions.ts b/src/sharedFunctions.ts
index 247ff197..7067d08a 100644
--- a/src/sharedFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/sharedFunctions.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "./constants";
 import { getOppDir, getOppFields } from "./graphUtils";
 import type {
+  BCSettings,
   Directions,
   MetaeditApi,
   RealNImplied,
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ export function splitAndDrop(str: string): string[] {
   );
 }
 
+export const dropPath = (path: string) => path.replace(/^.*\//, "");
+export const dropDendron = (path: string, settings: BCSettings) =>
+  settings.trimDendronNotes
+    ? path.split(settings.dendronNoteDelimiter).last()
+    : path;
+
+export const dropPathNDendron = (path: string, settings: BCSettings) =>
+  dropDendron(dropPath(path), settings);
+  
 /**
  * Get basename from a **Markdown** `path`
  * @param  {string} path