diff --git a/R/proxy.R b/R/proxy.R
index fe15018..bcd7425 100644
--- a/R/proxy.R
+++ b/R/proxy.R
@@ -217,3 +217,27 @@ ax_proxy_options <- function(proxy, options) {
 
 
 
+
+
+#' @title Toggle series with proxy
+#'
+#' @description This method allows you to toggle the visibility of series programmatically.
+#'  Useful when you have a custom legend.
+#'
+#' @param proxy A \code{apexchartProxy} \code{htmlwidget} object.
+#' @param series_name The series name which you want to toggle visibility for.
+#'
+#' @noRd
+#'
+#' @example examples/proxy-toggle.R
+ax_proxy_toggle_series <- function(proxy, series_name) {
+  .ax_proxy2(
+    proxy = proxy, 
+    name = "toggle-series", 
+    l = list(seriesName = list1(series_name))
+  )
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/proxy-toggle.R b/examples/proxy-toggle.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e06769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/proxy-toggle.R
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+library(shiny)
+library(apexcharter)
+
+
+# data 
+data("economics_long", package = "ggplot2")
+
+
+ui <- fluidPage(
+  tags$h2("Toggle series"),
+  fluidRow(
+    column(
+      width = 3,
+      actionButton("toggle", "Show/hide pop serie")
+    ),
+    column(
+      width = 9,
+      apexchartOutput(outputId = "chart")
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+server <- function(input, output, session) {
+  
+  output$chart <- renderApexchart({
+    apex(
+      data = economics_long, 
+      type = "line", 
+      mapping = aes(x = date, y = value01, group = variable), 
+      auto_update = FALSE
+    ) %>% 
+      ax_yaxis(decimalsInFloat = 2)
+  })
+  
+  observeEvent(input$toggle, {
+    apexchartProxy("chart") %>% 
+      ax_proxy_toggle_series(series_name = "pop")
+  })
+  
+}
+
+shinyApp(ui, server)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js
index 32ed06d..aa723aa 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/apexcharter.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * https://github.com/dreamRs/apexcharter
  *
  */
+ 
+/*global HTMLWidgets, ApexCharts, Shiny */
 
 /// Functions
 
@@ -280,7 +282,7 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
                   x.auto_update.options_animate,
                   x.auto_update.update_synced_charts
                 )
-                .then(function(a, b) {
+                .then(function(chart) {
                   exportChart(x, chart);
                 });
             }
@@ -333,5 +335,16 @@ if (HTMLWidgets.shinyMode) {
       chart.updateOptions(obj.data.options);
     }
   });
+  
+  // toggle series
+  Shiny.addCustomMessageHandler("update-apexchart-toggle-series", function(obj) {
+    var chart = get_widget(obj.id);
+    if (typeof chart != "undefined") {
+      var seriesName = obj.data.seriesName;
+      for(var i = 0; i < seriesName.length; i++) {
+        chart.toggleSeries(seriesName[i]);
+      }
+    }
+  });
 }