diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f386ab7..32c5ba4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ version 2.?.? (29 Jun 2023)
 - New \social options: arXiv, INSPIRE (#185)
 - Systematize colors and make them user adjustable. See documentation for details.
   This requires the \moderncvcolor to be issued BEFORE \moderncvstyle.
+- all styles: make the head options 'details' and 'nodetails' available to the user. (previously they were hidden). Oldstyle does not respond too well to nodetails.
+- casual style: make the head options 'alternate', 'details' and 'nodetails' available to the user. (previously they were hidden).
 
 version 2.3.1 (21 Feb 2022)
 - Fix duplicate GitLab icon (#105).
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ version 2.3.0 (16 Dec 2021)
 
 version: 2.2.0 (28 Jul 2021)
 - Remove dot in \cventry when using moderncvbodyi.
+
 - Remove http baseurl in hyperref.
 - Change font encoding to use fontspec with Latin Modern for LuaTeX and XeTeX,
   else inputenc / fontenc / lmodern (https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/496643).
diff --git a/moderncvheadvi.sty b/moderncvheadvi.sty
index 7364d0e..73ed246 100644
--- a/moderncvheadvi.sty
+++ b/moderncvheadvi.sty
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 \DeclareOption{right}   {\@leftfalse\@righttrue}
 
 \DeclareOption*{}% avoid choking on unknown options
-\ExecuteOptions{details, left}
+\ExecuteOptions{details,left}
 \ProcessOptions*\relax% \ProcessOptions* processes the options in the order provided (i.e., with the later ones possibly overriding the former ones), while \ProcessOptions processes them in the order of the package
 
 
diff --git a/moderncvstylebanking.sty b/moderncvstylebanking.sty
index f8ed6f7..448d30e 100644
--- a/moderncvstylebanking.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylebanking.sty
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 \DeclareOption{center}       {\edef\moderncvstylebodyoptions{\moderncvstylebodyoptions,center}}
 \DeclareOption{right}        {\edef\moderncvstylebodyoptions{\moderncvstylebodyoptions,right}}
 
+% head options
+\@initializecommand{\moderncvstyleheadoptions}{}
+\@initializeif{\if@datainhead}\@datainheadtrue
+\DeclareOption{details}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,details}}
+\DeclareOption{nodetails}{\@datainheadfalse\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,nodetails}}
+
 % toggle use of symbol fonts.
 \@initializeif{\if@symbols}\@symbolsfalse
 \DeclareOption{symbols}      {\@symbolstrue}
@@ -86,9 +92,14 @@
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %                header, body & footer
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-\moderncvhead{3}
+\moderncvhead[\moderncvstyleheadoptions]{3}
 \moderncvbody[\moderncvstylebodyoptions]{3}
 
+\if@datainhead
+% if data is shown in head, do not include the footer
+\else
+  \moderncvfoot{1}
+\fi
 
 \endinput
 
diff --git a/moderncvstylecasual.sty b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
index cf5a1b8..a646615 100644
--- a/moderncvstylecasual.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 \@initializecommand{\moderncvstyleheadoptions}{}
 \DeclareOption{left} {\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,left}}
 \DeclareOption{right}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,right}}
+% head options alternate, details and no details
+\DeclareOption{alternate}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,alternate}}
+\@initializeif{\if@datainhead}\@datainheadfalse
+\DeclareOption{details}{\@datainheadtrue\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,details}}
+\DeclareOption{nodetails}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,nodetails}}
+
 
 % toggle use of symbol fonts.
 \@initializeif{\if@symbols}\@symbolsfalse
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@
 \DeclareOption{nosymbols}    {\@symbolsfalse}
 
 \DeclareOption*{}% avoid choking on unknown options
-\ExecuteOptions{right,symbols}
+\ExecuteOptions{right,symbols,nodetails}
 \ProcessOptions*\relax% \ProcessOptions* processes the options in the order provided (i.e., with the later ones possibly overriding the former ones), while \ProcessOptions processes them in the order of the package
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -75,7 +81,13 @@
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \moderncvhead[\moderncvstyleheadoptions]{2}
 \moderncvbody{1}
-\moderncvfoot{1}
+% include foot only if nodetails option is active since otherwise we have two times the information 
+% on the page
+\if@datainhead
+% if data is shown in head, do not include the footer
+\else
+  \moderncvfoot{1}
+\fi
 
 
 \endinput
diff --git a/moderncvstyleclassic.sty b/moderncvstyleclassic.sty
index 125e63c..8510b2a 100644
--- a/moderncvstyleclassic.sty
+++ b/moderncvstyleclassic.sty
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
 \DeclareOption{right}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,right}}
 \DeclareOption{top}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,top}}
 
+\@initializeif{\if@datainhead}\@datainheadtrue
+\DeclareOption{details}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,details}}
+\DeclareOption{nodetails}{\@datainheadfalse\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,nodetails}}
+
 % toggle use of symbol fonts.
 \@initializeif{\if@symbols}\@symbolsfalse
 \DeclareOption{symbols}      {\@symbolstrue}
 \DeclareOption{nosymbols}    {\@symbolsfalse}
 
 \DeclareOption*{}% avoid choking on unknown options
-\ExecuteOptions{left,symbols}
+\ExecuteOptions{left,symbols,details}
 \ProcessOptions*\relax% \ProcessOptions* processes the options in the order provided (i.e., with the later ones possibly overriding the former ones), while \ProcessOptions processes them in the order of the package
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -76,6 +80,13 @@
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \moderncvhead[\moderncvstyleheadoptions]{1}
 \moderncvbody{1}
+% include foot only if nodetails option is active since otherwise we have two times the information 
+% on the page
+\if@datainhead
+% if data is shown in head, do not include the footer
+\else
+  \moderncvfoot{1}
+\fi
 
 
 \endinput
diff --git a/moderncvstylefancy.sty b/moderncvstylefancy.sty
index 25cde7d..980388d 100644
--- a/moderncvstylefancy.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylefancy.sty
@@ -12,13 +12,19 @@
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesPackage{moderncvstylefancy}[2022-02-21 v2.3.1 modern curriculum vitae and letter style scheme: fancy]
 
+% headoptions
+\@initializecommand{\moderncvstyleheadoptions}{}
+\@initializeif{\if@datainhead}\@datainheadtrue
+\DeclareOption{details}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,details}}
+\DeclareOption{nodetails}{\@datainheadfalse\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,nodetails}}
+
 % toggle use of symbol fonts.
 \@initializeif{\if@symbols}\@symbolsfalse
 \DeclareOption{symbols}      {\@symbolstrue}
 \DeclareOption{nosymbols}    {\@symbolsfalse}
 
 \DeclareOption*{}% avoid choking on unknown options
-\ExecuteOptions{symbols}
+\ExecuteOptions{symbols,details}
 \ProcessOptions*\relax% \ProcessOptions* processes the options in the order provided (i.e., with the later ones possibly overriding the former ones), while \ProcessOptions processes them in the order of the package
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -71,9 +77,16 @@
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %                header, body & footer
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-\moderncvhead{5}
+\moderncvhead[\moderncvstyleheadoptions]{5}
 \moderncvbody{5}
 
+% include foot only if nodetails option is active since otherwise we have two times the information 
+% on the page
+\if@datainhead
+% if data is shown in head, do not include the footer
+\else
+  \moderncvfoot{1}
+\fi
 
 \endinput
 
diff --git a/moderncvstyleoldstyle.sty b/moderncvstyleoldstyle.sty
index 466af7e..ccc92cd 100644
--- a/moderncvstyleoldstyle.sty
+++ b/moderncvstyleoldstyle.sty
@@ -12,13 +12,20 @@
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesPackage{moderncvstyleoldstyle}[2022-02-21 v2.3.1 modern curriculum vitae and letter style scheme: oldstyle]
 
+% headoptions
+\@initializecommand{\moderncvstyleheadoptions}{}
+\@initializeif{\if@datainhead}\@datainheadtrue
+\DeclareOption{details}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,details}}
+\DeclareOption{nodetails}{\@datainheadfalse\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,nodetails}}
+
+
 % toggle use of symbol fonts.
 \@initializeif{\if@symbols}\@symbolsfalse
 \DeclareOption{symbols}      {\@symbolstrue}
 \DeclareOption{nosymbols}    {\@symbolsfalse}
 
 \DeclareOption*{}% avoid choking on unknown options
-\ExecuteOptions{symbols}
+\ExecuteOptions{symbols,details}
 \ProcessOptions*\relax% \ProcessOptions* processes the options in the order provided (i.e., with the later ones possibly overriding the former ones), while \ProcessOptions processes them in the order of the package
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -77,9 +84,15 @@
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %                header, body & footer
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-\moderncvhead{4}
+\moderncvhead[\moderncvstyleheadoptions]{4}
 \moderncvbody{4}
-
+% include foot only if nodetails option is active since otherwise we have two times the information 
+% on the page
+\if@datainhead
+% if data is shown in head, do not include the footer
+\else
+  \moderncvfoot{1}
+\fi
 
 \endinput