An idiomatic expression meaning to disappear or vanish; to cease to be visible or to go out of sight (literally 'to erase one's figure').
犯人は現場から姿を消した。
The culprit disappeared from the scene.
彼女は突然姿を消して、誰も所在を知らない。
She suddenly vanished, and no one knows where she is.
人気が出ると同時に以前の仲間の前から姿を消した。
As soon as she became popular, she disappeared from in front of her former friends.
新品が市場から姿を消したため、入手が難しくなった。
Because the new product vanished from the market, it became hard to get.