default view filter and/or removing view criteria

Hello,

I have a view that I want to be filtered by default rather than having to open the view and then select the filter from the dropdown.

Right now I'm using view criteria to restrict what records are displayed, but I don't see a way to turn this restriction off while accessing the view.

My only alternative, and correct me if I'm wrong, is to have a view for each criterion and not rely on filtering— problem is, this is pretty inefficient.

Any ideas?

Thanks.