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. 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: Python3

# 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: Python3

# 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: