ARIA Hidden

An WAI-ARIA attribute (aria-hidden="true") that removes an element and its descendants from the accessibility tree, making them invisible to screen readers and other assistive technologies while potentially remaining visually visible. ARIA hidden is used to suppress decorative content, redundant text, or irrelevant elements from assistive technology users. In task-specific filtering systems, aria-hidden is applied to low-relevance elements to allow screen reader users to skip them entirely, dramatically reducing sequential navigation time.