topic Re: Not View a selected polygon in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Not View a selected polygon

AllenKieslich — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:23:19 GMT

I want to not see a travel time polygon for a particular site. I can select it from the table or by selection. I do not want to delete it from table and view, just not see it in map when I select point that generated the travel time poly. I need to do it for multiple points to see affect on travel polys by removing the point.

Any ideas?

Allen

Re: Not View a selected polygon

Eugene_Adkins — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:51:51 GMT

Can you use some unique attribute data to exclude the polygon with a definition query?

Re: Not View a selected polygon

Georgios-NektariosTselos — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:24:59 GMT

Hi @AllenKieslich

You don’t need to delete anything.

What you’re trying to do (hide a travel time polygon when you select the related point) isn’t something ArcGIS Pro does automatically just from selection.

In practice, you’ll need to handle it through visibility or filtering instead:

You can use a definition query or filter on the polygon layer based on a shared ID with the point.
Or keep two versions of the layer and toggle visibility depending on what you want to inspect.

The key thing is: selection itself doesn’t control layer visibility, so you have to set up a rule that defines what gets shown, rather than expecting it to react to clicks.

If you want it to behave dynamically (click a point → its polygon disappears instantly), then you’re usually looking at a bit of scripting or a more advanced setup.

Best Regards

Nektarios

Re: Not View a selected polygon

AlfredBaldenweck — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:24:35 GMT

A definition query is the way to go, or if you're using a geoprocessing tool to do your analysis, you can reverse the selection so your tool takes everything but the one you had selected into account.

An easy way to make your selection into a definition query is Generate Definition Query From Selection (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation