diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e8e65a..9e7327b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -871,6 +871,26 @@ You can disable lualine for specific filetypes:
 options = { disabled_filetypes = {'lua'} }
 ```
 
+You can also disable lualine completely.
+```lua
+  require('lualine').hide({
+    place = {'statusline', 'tabline', 'winbar'}, -- The segmentthis change applies to.
+    unhide = false,  -- whether to reenable lualine again/
+  })
+```
+The arguments show for hide above are default values.
+Which means even if the hide function is called without
+arguments it'll work as if these were passed.
+
+So in short to disable lualine completely you can do
+```lua
+require('lualine').hide()
+```
+To enable it again you can do
+```lua
+require('lualine').hide({unhide=true})
+```
+
 <!-- panvimdoc-ignore-start -->
 
 ### Contributors
diff --git a/doc/lualine.txt b/doc/lualine.txt
index 38b14d6..39dc213 100644
--- a/doc/lualine.txt
+++ b/doc/lualine.txt
@@ -932,6 +932,33 @@ You can disable lualine for specific filetypes:
 <
 
 
+You can also disable lualine completely.
+
+>
+      require('lualine').hide({
+        place = {'statusline', 'tabline', 'winbar'}, -- The segmentthis change applies to.
+        unhide = false,  -- whether to reenable lualine again/
+      })
+<
+
+
+The arguments show for hide above are default values. Which means even if the
+hide function is called without arguments it’ll work as if these were passed.
+
+So in short to disable lualine completely you can do
+
+>
+    require('lualine').hide()
+<
+
+
+To enable it again you can do
+
+>
+    require('lualine').hide({unhide=true})
+<
+
+
 WIKI ~
 
 Check out the wiki <https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim/wiki> for more
diff --git a/lua/lualine.lua b/lua/lualine.lua
index d8f1911..a1fe53c 100644
--- a/lua/lualine.lua
+++ b/lua/lualine.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ local timers = {
   stl_timer = vim.loop.new_timer(),
   tal_timer = vim.loop.new_timer(),
   wb_timer = vim.loop.new_timer(),
+  halt_stl_refresh = false,  -- mutex ?
+  halt_tal_refresh = false,
+  halt_wb_refresh = false,
 }
 
 local last_focus = {}
@@ -400,7 +403,7 @@ local function refresh(opts)
   end
 
   -- update them
-  if vim.tbl_contains(opts.place, 'statusline') then
+  if not timers.halt_stl_refresh and vim.tbl_contains(opts.place, 'statusline') then
     for _, win in ipairs(wins) do
       refresh_real_curwin = config.options.globalstatus and last_focus[curtab] or win
       local stl_cur = vim.api.nvim_win_call(refresh_real_curwin, M.statusline)
@@ -410,7 +413,7 @@ local function refresh(opts)
       end
     end
   end
-  if vim.tbl_contains(opts.place, 'winbar') then
+  if not timers.halt_wb_refresh and vim.tbl_contains(opts.place, 'winbar') then
     for _, win in ipairs(wins) do
       refresh_real_curwin = config.options.globalstatus and last_focus[curtab] or win
       if vim.api.nvim_win_get_height(win) > 1 then
@@ -422,7 +425,7 @@ local function refresh(opts)
       end
     end
   end
-  if vim.tbl_contains(opts.place, 'tabline') then
+  if not timers.halt_tal_refresh and vim.tbl_contains(opts.place, 'tabline') then
     refresh_real_curwin = curwin
     local tbl_cur = vim.api.nvim_win_call(curwin, tabline)
     local tbl_last = modules.nvim_opts.get_cache('tabline', { global = true })
@@ -436,10 +439,12 @@ local function refresh(opts)
 end
 
 --- Sets &tabline option to lualine
-local function set_tabline()
+---@param hide boolean|nil if should hide tabline
+local function set_tabline(hide)
   vim.loop.timer_stop(timers.tal_timer)
+  timers.halt_tal_refresh = true
   vim.cmd([[augroup lualine_tal_refresh | exe "autocmd!" | augroup END]])
-  if next(config.tabline) ~= nil then
+  if not hide and next(config.tabline) ~= nil then
     vim.loop.timer_start(
       timers.tal_timer,
       0,
@@ -455,6 +460,7 @@ local function set_tabline()
       'lualine_tal_refresh'
     )
     modules.nvim_opts.set('showtabline', 2, { global = true })
+    timers.halt_tal_refresh = false
   else
     modules.nvim_opts.restore('tabline', { global = true })
     modules.nvim_opts.restore('showtabline', { global = true })
@@ -463,10 +469,12 @@ end
 
 --- Sets &statusline option to lualine
 --- adds auto command to redraw lualine on VimResized event
-local function set_statusline()
+---@param hide boolean|nil if should hide statusline
+local function set_statusline(hide)
   vim.loop.timer_stop(timers.stl_timer)
+  timers.halt_stl_refresh = true
   vim.cmd([[augroup lualine_stl_refresh | exe "autocmd!" | augroup END]])
-  if next(config.sections) ~= nil or next(config.inactive_sections) ~= nil then
+  if not hide and (next(config.sections) ~= nil or next(config.inactive_sections) ~= nil) then
     if vim.go.statusline == '' then
       modules.nvim_opts.set('statusline', '%#Normal#', { global = true })
     end
@@ -503,6 +511,7 @@ local function set_statusline()
         'lualine_stl_refresh'
       )
     end
+    timers.halt_stl_refresh = false
   else
     modules.nvim_opts.restore('statusline', { global = true })
     for _, win in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_wins()) do
@@ -513,10 +522,12 @@ local function set_statusline()
 end
 
 --- Sets &winbar option to lualine
-local function set_winbar()
+---@param hide boolean|nil if should unset winbar
+local function set_winbar(hide)
   vim.loop.timer_stop(timers.wb_timer)
+  timers.halt_wb_refresh = true
   vim.cmd([[augroup lualine_wb_refresh | exe "autocmd!" | augroup END]])
-  if next(config.winbar) ~= nil or next(config.inactive_winbar) ~= nil then
+  if not hide and (next(config.winbar) ~= nil or next(config.inactive_winbar) ~= nil) then
     vim.loop.timer_start(
       timers.stl_timer,
       0,
@@ -531,6 +542,7 @@ local function set_winbar()
       "call v:lua.require'lualine'.refresh({'kind': 'tabpage', 'place': ['winbar'], 'trigger': 'autocmd'})",
       'lualine_wb_refresh'
     )
+    timers.halt_wb_refresh = false
   elseif vim.fn.has('nvim-0.8') == 1 then
     modules.nvim_opts.restore('winbar', { global = true })
     for _, win in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_list_wins()) do
@@ -539,6 +551,34 @@ local function set_winbar()
   end
 end
 
+---@alias LualineHideOptsPlace
+---| 'statusline'
+---| 'tabline'
+---| 'winbar'
+---@class LualineHideOpts
+---@field place LualineHideOptsPlace[]
+---@field unhide boolean
+---@param opts LualineHideOpts
+local function hide(opts)
+  if opts == nil then
+    opts = {}
+  end
+  opts = vim.tbl_extend('keep', opts, {
+    place = {'statusline', 'tabline', 'winbar'},
+    unhide = false,
+  })
+  local hide_fn = {
+    statusline = set_statusline,
+    tabline = set_tabline,
+    winbar = set_winbar,
+  }
+  for _, place in ipairs(opts.place) do
+    if hide_fn[place] then
+      hide_fn[place](not opts.unhide)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 -- lualine.setup function
 --- sets new user config
 --- This function doesn't load components/theme etc... They are done before
@@ -573,6 +613,7 @@ M = {
   get_config = modules.config_module.get_config,
   refresh = refresh,
   winbar = status_dispatch('winbar'),
+  hide = hide,
 }
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/lualine/utils/nvim_opts.lua b/lua/lualine/utils/nvim_opts.lua
index 915c572..634c18c 100644
--- a/lua/lualine/utils/nvim_opts.lua
+++ b/lua/lualine/utils/nvim_opts.lua
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ local M = {}
 ---@field set any
 ---@alias LualineNvimOptCacheOpt table<string, LualineNvimOptCacheOptStore>
 ---@class LualineNvimOptCache
----@field global LualineNvimOptCacheOpt[]
----@field buffer table<number, LualineNvimOptCacheOpt[]>
----@field window table<number, LualineNvimOptCacheOpt[]>
+---@field global LualineNvimOptCacheOptStore[]
+---@field buffer table<number, LualineNvimOptCacheOptStore[]>
+---@field window table<number, LualineNvimOptCacheOptStore[]>
 ---@type LualineNvimOptCache
 local options = { global = {}, buffer = {}, window = {} }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ local function set_opt(name, val, getter_fn, setter_fn, cache_tbl)
     cache_tbl[name] = {}
   end
   if cache_tbl[name].set ~= cur then
-    cache_tbl[name].prev = cur
+    if type(cur) ~= 'string' or not cur:find('lualine') then
+      cache_tbl[name].prev = cur
+    end
   end
   cache_tbl[name].set = val
   setter_fn(name, val)
@@ -83,7 +85,11 @@ end
 function M.restore(name, opts)
   if opts == nil or opts.global then
     if options.global[name] ~= nil and options.global[name].prev ~= nil then
-      vim.api.nvim_set_option(name, options.global[name].prev)
+      local restore_to = options.global[name].prev
+      if type(restore_to) == 'string' and restore_to:find('lualine') then
+        restore_to = ''
+      end
+      vim.api.nvim_set_option(name, restore_to)
     end
   elseif opts.buffer then
     if
@@ -91,7 +97,11 @@ function M.restore(name, opts)
       and options.buffer[opts.buffer][name] ~= nil
       and options.buffer[opts.buffer][name].prev ~= nil
     then
-      vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(opts.buffer, name, options.buffer[opts.buffer][name].prev)
+      local restore_to = options.buffer[opts.buffer][name].prev
+      if type(restore_to) == 'string' and restore_to:find('lualine') then
+        restore_to = ''
+      end
+      vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(opts.buffer, name, restore_to)
     end
   elseif opts.window then
     if
@@ -99,7 +109,11 @@ function M.restore(name, opts)
       and options.window[opts.window][name] ~= nil
       and options.window[opts.window][name].prev ~= nil
     then
-      vim.api.nvim_win_set_option(opts.window, name, options.window[opts.window][name].prev)
+      local restore_to = options.window[opts.window][name].prev
+      if type(restore_to) == 'string' and restore_to:find('lualine') then
+        restore_to = ''
+      end
+      vim.api.nvim_win_set_option(opts.window, name, restore_to)
     end
   end
 end