Matplotlib.axes.Axes.remove() in Python

Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. The Axes Class contains most of the figure elements: Axis, Tick, Line2D, Text, Polygon, etc., and sets the coordinate system. And the instances of Axes supports callbacks through a callbacks attribute.

matplotlib.axes.Axes.remove() Function

The Axes.remove() function in axes module of matplotlib library is used to remove the artist from the figure if possible.

Syntax:

Axes.remove(self)

Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axes.Axes.remove() function in matplotlib.axes:

Example 1:

# Implementation of matplotlib function
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, axs = plt.subplots()
axs.plot([1, 2, 3])
axs.remove()

fig.suptitle('matplotlib.axes.Axes.remove()\
 function Example', fontweight ="bold")

plt.show()

Output:

Example 2:

# Implementation of matplotlib function
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, (axs, axs2) = plt.subplots(2, 1)
gs = axs2.get_gridspec()

axs.remove()

axbig = fig.add_subplot(gs[1:, -1])
axbig.annotate("Removed one Axes",
               (0.4, 0.5),
               xycoords ='axes fraction',
               va ='center')

fig.suptitle('matplotlib.axes.Axes.remove()\
 function Example', fontweight ="bold")
plt.show()

Output: