To filter this example, you need nothing more than a general idea of what nodes and edges you want to isolate and highlight. One thing to note for this example is that both nodes and edges have attributes so the selector will use point: instead of edge:.

At the top in your toolbar, click Select nodes to isolate which nodes for filtering

Simply draw a selection box by click-dragging or shift-clicking and releasing over a set of nodes

Select "Filter this object" to produce a new graph with your selected nodes

Now we can see that we only have a handful of nodes, and we can recluster the graph to see connections.

Following the same process for filtering your graph, you can find Exclude this object next to Filter this object. Selecting the former will produce a graph in absence of your selections.

Right below your filter options is the multi-hop expander. You will be able to choose between Grow selection on incoming edges or Grow selection on outcoming edges

In many datasets, especially after filtering, nodes will become disconnected from the rest of graph. There are two useful techniques for working with them:

Hide them by enabling the Hide Standalone Nodes toggle on the bottom left of the screen.

If you’d still like to see them, but without the clutter, perform step one, and then use the “move” feature to move the remaining graph to elsewhere on the screen. Disable the Hide Standalone Nodes toggle to show the individual nodes again, except no longer interleaved with the graph.