You can select the following options from the Display > Hide submenu. See also Show or hide objects.
Hides selected object(s).
Hides all unselected objects.
To control the display of CVs, select the CVs that you want to remain visible, and then use
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 .The selective CV display function operates exclusively from other Maya Hide and Show commands, and therefore menu selections such as Display > Show > All and others do not effect CVs whose display has been set using selective CV display.
Hides all objects, whether they are selected or not.
Displays a menu that lets you select the type of geometry you want to hide.
Displays a menu that lets you select the type of kinematics you want to hide.
Displays a menu that lets you select the type of deformers you want to hide.
Hides lights.
Hides cameras.
Hides texture placements.
Hides construction planes.
Hides animation markers.
Hides light manipulators.
Hides camera manipulators.