Is it possible to hide a plot ?

[forna]

Is it possible to hide a plot based on a condition?
I would like to dynamically show or hide a bottom plot (with studies) in PyQt.
This would be similar to the QT hide() and show() methods for widgets:
https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/PySide6/QtWidgets/QWidget.html?highlight=qwidget#PySide6.QtWidgets.PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget.hide

I have tested the ax.hide() but it just clears the data and it still occupies the space.

Example: would like to hide the plot in the red rectangle below:

[highfestiva]

hide() unfortunately only seems to work on a last (or non-first) axis. I found a hack you might be able use, but unfortunately I don't know of a better way atm:

ax2.vb.win.addItem(ax2, col=1, row=0) # auto-remove and add ax2 as first (replacing ax0)
ax3.vb.win.addItem(ax3, col=1, row=1) # auto-remove and add ax3 as second

It needs to take overlays into consideration, so it takes some consideration to implement inside hide(). But GL!