diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 70375a3e4..5954aa518 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CeTZ 0.2.0 requires Typst 0.10.0
 - Added element `arc-through` to draw an arc through three points
 - Added Hobby curves (`hobby`) in addition to catmull (thanks to @Enivex)
 - Added `radius` style to `rect` for drawing rounded rects
+- Added `hide` function for hiding elements
 
 ### Plot
 - Added `plot.add-contour(..)` for plotting contour plots
diff --git a/src/canvas.typ b/src/canvas.typ
index adf835edf..f9809024a 100644
--- a/src/canvas.typ
+++ b/src/canvas.typ
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
     return []
   }
 
+  // Filter hidden drawables
+  drawables = drawables.filter(d => not d.hidden)
+
   // Order draw commands by z-index
   drawables = drawables.sorted(key: (cmd) => {
     return cmd.at("z-index", default: 0)
diff --git a/src/draw.typ b/src/draw.typ
index 9927d9845..495f17c74 100644
--- a/src/draw.typ
+++ b/src/draw.typ
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#import "draw/grouping.typ": intersections, group, anchor, copy-anchors, place-anchors, set-ctx, get-ctx, for-each-anchor, on-layer, place-marks
+#import "draw/grouping.typ": intersections, group, anchor, copy-anchors, place-anchors, set-ctx, get-ctx, for-each-anchor, on-layer, place-marks, hide
 #import "draw/transformations.typ": set-transform, rotate, translate, scale, set-origin, move-to, set-viewport
 #import "draw/styling.typ": set-style, fill, stroke
 #import "draw/shapes.typ": circle, circle-through, arc, arc-through, mark, line, grid, content, rect, bezier, bezier-through, catmull, hobby, merge-path
diff --git a/src/draw/grouping.typ b/src/draw/grouping.typ
index 160fd741d..07406dc16 100644
--- a/src/draw/grouping.typ
+++ b/src/draw/grouping.typ
@@ -13,6 +13,42 @@
 
 #import "transformations.typ": move-to
 
+/// Hides an element.
+///
+/// Hidden elements are not drawn to the canvas,
+/// are ignored when calculating bounding boxes and discarded by `merge-path`. All
+/// other behaviours remain the same as a non-hidden element.
+///
+/// #example(```
+/// set-style(radius: .5)
+/// intersections("i", {
+///   circle((0,0), name: "a")
+///   circle((1,2), name: "b")
+///   // Use a hidden line to find the border intersections
+///   hide(line("a.center", "b.center"))
+/// })
+/// line("i.0", "i.1")
+/// ```)
+///
+/// - body (element): One or more elements to hide
+#let hide(body) = {
+  if type(body) == array {
+    return body.map(f => {
+      (ctx) => {
+        let element = f(ctx)
+        if "drawables" in element {
+          element.drawables = element.drawables.map(d => {
+            d.hidden = true
+            return d
+          })
+        }
+        return element
+      }
+    })
+  }
+  return body
+}
+
 /// Calculates the intersections between multiple paths and creates one anchor
 /// per intersection point.
 ///
@@ -44,6 +80,8 @@
 /// })
 /// ```)
 ///
+/// You can calculate intersections with hidden elements by using @@hide().
+///
 /// - name (string): Name to prepend to the generated anchors.
 /// - ..elements (elements,string): Elements and/or element names to calculate intersections with.
 ///   Elements referred to by name are (unlike elements passed) not drawn by the intersections function!
diff --git a/src/draw/shapes.typ b/src/draw/shapes.typ
index 23d4fa66e..9700c5de0 100644
--- a/src/draw/shapes.typ
+++ b/src/draw/shapes.typ
@@ -1564,6 +1564,7 @@
             }
           }
           for drawable in r.drawables {
+            if drawable.hidden { continue }
             assert.eq(drawable.type, "path")
             segments += drawable.segments
           }
diff --git a/src/drawable.typ b/src/drawable.typ
index bf5d7f909..99bfc9f9d 100644
--- a/src/drawable.typ
+++ b/src/drawable.typ
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     close: close,
     segments: segments,
     fill: fill,
-    stroke: stroke
+    stroke: stroke,
+    hidden: false
   )
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     width: width,
     height: height,
     body: body,
+    hidden: false,
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/process.typ b/src/process.typ
index 7513afda9..cb911a05a 100644
--- a/src/process.typ
+++ b/src/process.typ
@@ -15,15 +15,17 @@
       element.drawables = (element.drawables,)
     }
     for drawable in element.drawables {
-      bounds = aabb.aabb(
-        if drawable.type == "path" {
-          path-util.bounds(drawable.segments)
-        } else if drawable.type == "content" {
-          let (x, y, _, w, h,) = drawable.pos + (drawable.width, drawable.height)
-          ((x + w / 2, y - h / 2, 0), (x - w / 2, y + h / 2, 0))
-        },
-        init: bounds
-      )
+      if not drawable.hidden {
+        bounds = aabb.aabb(
+          if drawable.type == "path" {
+            path-util.bounds(drawable.segments)
+          } else if drawable.type == "content" {
+            let (x, y, _, w, h,) = drawable.pos + (drawable.width, drawable.height)
+            ((x + w / 2, y - h / 2, 0), (x - w / 2, y + h / 2, 0))
+          },
+          init: bounds
+        )
+      }
     }
   }
   if "name" in element and type(element.name) == "string" and "anchors" in element {
diff --git a/tests/hide/ref.png b/tests/hide/ref.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7aa78f337
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diff --git a/tests/hide/test.typ b/tests/hide/test.typ
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4eaa0fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hide/test.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#set page(width: auto, height: auto)
+#import "/src/lib.typ": *
+
+#box(stroke: 2pt + red, canvas({
+  import draw: *
+  rect((0,0), (5,5))
+
+  // Hide a circle
+  hide(circle((6,6)))
+
+  // Hide content
+  hide(content((-6,-6), [Hidden]))
+
+  // Hide multiple elements
+  hide({
+    rect((0,0), (1,1))
+    rect((1,1), (2,2))
+    rect((2,2), (3,3))
+  })
+
+  // Use hidden anchor
+  hide(line((0,0), (2.5, 2.5), name: "line"))
+  content("line.end", [Hidden anchor])
+}))
+
+#box(stroke: 2pt + red, canvas({
+  import draw: *
+
+  merge-path({
+    arc((0,0), start: 0deg, stop: 180deg)
+    hide({
+      // This gets ignored
+      line((), (rel: (-5,0), update: false))
+    })
+    line((), (rel: (1, -1)))
+  }, close: true)
+}))