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You could create a document without columns in the Primary Text Frame, then there will be no column guides,
The just add a text box to you page master and also guides to say layer Text, Then you can turn the guides no or off with the layers.

The columns in the Primary Text Frame appear to be a bit like the default font in the InDesign file, deeply embedded into the structure of the file.