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# hide(withName:visibility:)

Remove from view the named font collection with the specified visibility.

```
class func hide(withName name: NSFontCollection.Name, visibility: NSFontCollection.Visibility) throws
```

## Parameters

`name`

The name of the collection.

`visibility`

The visibility of the collection.

## Discussion

For a persistent font collection, this method deletes the named font collection from disk.

> Handling Errors in Swift:
> In Swift, this method returns a nonoptional result and is marked with the `throws` keyword to indicate that it throws an error in cases of failure.
> 
> You call this method in a `try` expression and handle any errors in the `catch` clauses of a `do` statement, as described in [Error Handling](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/ErrorHandling.html) in [The Swift Programming Language](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/) and `About Imported Cocoa Error Parameters`.

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