When designs are overlapped, there may be stitches that are hidden,
which you would like to have removed. This process is automatically done when
you save a file (controllable by preferences) but you may want to preview the
results before saving. The Remove Hidden Stitches will run the process on those
stitches so that you can evaluate the result. The result is temporary, however,
so if you change anything on the design page, the stitches will return. This
happens because changing a design will almost always regenerate its
stitches.