After hiding an image, I can't delete, unhide, ..

This is so stupid.  Add an undo feature.

that's so stupid. it's basically just another delete button. you should make it reversable. 

It does not delete the image. It hides it from your account. 

That's stupid, sorry.
The option should be called "completely lose control over this image"

wth? Now I can't delete my own uploaded picture?
It doesn't get more stupid than that.

Agreed, this is really dumb.  I really needed to remove this one image but instead I chose "Hide" and now I can never control this image again?  Please add an undo. 

Mail Imgur for asking for removal of this image if you have a valid reason. 

This is a terrible feature. Please add an undo or better yet, remove the feature altogether.

This is the most ridiculous feature that I have ever seen. 

It's not a stupid feature, per se... it's just a feature that most people won't want or need. The idea of this feature is to detach it from your account, but still leave it accessible for the world. Example: Here's a picture of an ice cube. People seem to like this picture, but I don't need it associated with my account any more. It's basically the same as taking something and leaving it in a public park then walking away. Someone might want it, but you don't need it yourself any more. This works best if you've tagged and captioned your pictures. If they're searchable, then great. Otherwise, you're just orphaning bits and wasting space. 

$.02

I wouldn't call it "stupid." They trick you into having oversight of your material.

At least call it something other than "hide". 

There may be a use for it, but I still think you should get the option to undo it.

I accidentally hid an image today, and just visited the original image page, and the delete link was still visible, and it deleted fine. Fixed?

I've got to echo what's being said here. This is absolutely the most backwards "feature" I've ever seen. I wanted to trim down my images from public view, and being that I don't know absolutely everything there is to know about Imgur, I chose my images and selected to Hide them. I assumed this would hide them from being seen, but that I could still - through administrative options - be able to access them.

Apparently, that's not the case and rather than simply hiding more than half of my pictures, I have essentially deleted them. That is, of course, unless I copied and saved every link for some reason, rather than thinking I wouldn't need to save the links to the images saved on my account because they could be accessible through my account. Instead, I find out that not only are the pictures permanently hidden from my view even when logged in, but that the images are still accessible if I have the links to them.

In what way does any of that make sense? Would it not be far more logical to allow the owner of the account full rights in hiding or unhiding their own images, especially when taken into consideration the fact that hiding an image really only prevents it from being seen from the gallery, and is still entirely visible through a link. If I wanted to delete my images, I would have chosen to delete them.

I honestly cannot understand why this is even a "feature". Why offer the ability to permanently hide a picture in the first place? I understand having the ability to hide, but to hide the owner's pictures from themselves and leave them unable to unhide or delete them is ridiculous.

Now, if I wanted to get those pictures back, I'd have to pray that someone I've linked them to has saved the link for them, which of course is as obscure as this "feature" is - not that I have a problem with the imgur links, though. That does nothing for the multitude of pictures I uploaded for my own use and did not bother giving links or copying links for. Furthermore, if for any reason I wanted to permanently delete those images (after all, why not, since I can't even use them now?), I have to go through a form to do so, rather than just being given the option to "View Hidden Pictures" and being able to not only access them, but also unhide them or delete them.

Yes, I know the fallback response to this seems to be "It says Permanently Hide", but really - that's hardly an answer to the people who are rightfully upset about the way this has been implemented. It does say Permanently Hide, but when so many people are voicing their opinions about the backwards nature of the opinion, one has to question why you're refusing to acknowledge it at all, or offer any sort of solution to something that is very clearly a horrible implementation of what could be a great feature.