How can I hide a category in Magento 2 without deleting it?

Disabling the Category:

• Go to Catalog > Categories in the Magento Admin Panel.
• Select the category you want to hide.
• Set “Is Active” to “No” in the category settings.
• Click Save to apply the changes.

Setting Display Mode to “Static Block Only”:

• Navigate to Catalog > Categories in the Magento Admin Panel.
• Select the category you want to hide.
• In the “Display Settings” section, set “Display Mode” to “Static block only”.
• Go to Content > Elements > Blocks and create a new CMS Block with empty content.
• Assign this empty CMS block to the category under “Add CMS Block” in the category settings.
• Click Save to apply the changes.