efface
[ih-feys]

verb (used with object), effaced, effacing.

1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge:
to efface one's unhappy memories.

2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate (outlines, traces, inscriptions, etc.).

3. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) modestly or shyly.