Display > Hide, Show

Use Display > Hide to hide items you aren’t working on and reduce visual clutter. This is handy if you want to remove an object from the view, but do not want to delete it or move it.

Items

Hide Selection: Hides selected object(s).
Hide Unselected Objects: Hides all unselected objects.
Hide Unselected CVs: To control the display of CVs, select the CVs that you want to remain visible, and then use Display > Hide > Hide Unselected CVs to hide all the other CVs on that surface. This affects the display of CVs in component selection mode, as well as CVs displayed in object selection mode by the use of Display > NURBS > CVs.

TipIt is possible to use selective CV display on more than one surface at a time.

The selective CV display function operates exclusively from other Maya Hide and Show commands, and therefore menu selections such as Display > Show > Alland others do not effect CVs whose display has been set using selective CV display.
All: Hides all objects, whether they are selected or not.
Hide Geometry: Displays a menu that lets you select the type of geometry you want to hide.
Hide Kinematics: Displays a menu that lets you select the type of kinematics you want to hide.
Hide Deformers: Displays a menu that lets you select the type of deformers you want to hide.
Lights: Hides lights.
Cameras: Hides cameras.
Texture Placements: Hides texture placements.
Construction planes: Hides construction planes.
Fluids, Hair Systems, Follicles, Fur: Hides fluids, hair systems, follicles, or fur.
Hide nCloth: Hides nCloth objects
Animation Markers: Hides animation markers.
Light Manipulators: Hides light manipulators.
Camera Manipulators: Hides camera manipulators.