You could hide the state changes if you put (setq org-log-into-drawer
"LOGBOOK") in your init file. I don't know how to hide the CLOSED tag
though.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Maciej Kalisiak <mkalisiak@gmail.com>
wrote:

> When I do C-c t d (TODO -> DONE) or similar status change on a TODO item,
> it accumulates meta-data like:
>   CLOSED: [2014-10-26 Sun 11:25]
>   - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2014-10-26 Sun 11:25]
> So each such item "blows up" on screen from 1 line to 3 lines.
>
> I do want to collect this data, but I do not want to necessarily see it
> when I'm just marking things DONE... there is no value to me seeing this at
> that point.
>
> However, in some situations, I wish I knew which, when I change the
> status, the metadata is added BUT the item remains collapsed. I'd like to
> have this always happen. Can anyone suggest how to achieve this?
>
>