You can delete staves from any rhythmic position so they are no longer shown in any layout; for example, to end a passage with an extra staff and return to the standard number of staves.
Procedure
Result
The selected staff is deleted from the selected rhythmic position, and a signpost appears indicating the staff change. The staff is deleted until the next staff change signpost that applies to that staff or the end of the flow, whichever comes first.
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If you delete staves without deleting the music on them, that music still exists and is included in playback. If you later add staves at the same position, the music reappears.
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You cannot delete all staves of an instrument as at least one must always appear. If you do not want to see any staves for a particular instrument in a layout, you can instead hide empty staves in that layout.
Example
