How to hide axes and gridlines in Matplotlib?

To hide axes (X and Y) and gridlines, we can take the following steps ?

• Create x and y points using numpy.

• Plot a horizontal line (y=0) for X-Axis, using the plot() method with linestyle, labels.

• Plot x and y points using the plot() method with linestyle, labels.

• To hide the grid, use plt.grid(False).

• To hide the axes, use plt.axis('off')

• To activate the labels' legend, use the legend() method.

• To display the figure, use the show() method.

Example

<span class="kwd">import</span><span class="pln"> numpy </span><span class="kwd">as</span><span class="pln"> np
</span><span class="kwd">from</span><span class="pln"> matplotlib </span><span class="kwd">import</span><span class="pln"> pyplot </span><span class="kwd">as</span><span class="pln"> plt
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">rcParams</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="str">"figure.figsize"</span><span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="lit">7.50</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">3.50</span><span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln">
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">rcParams</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="str">"figure.autolayout"</span><span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">True</span><span class="pln">
x </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> np</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">linspace</span><span class="pun">(-</span><span class="lit">10</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">10</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">50</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln">
y </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> np</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">sin</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">x</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln">
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">axhline</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">y</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> c</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="str">"green"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> linestyle</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="str">"dashdot"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> label</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="str">"y=0"</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln">
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">plot</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">x</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> y</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> c</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="str">"red"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> lw</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="lit">5</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> linestyle</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="str">"dashdot"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> label</span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="str">"y=sin(x)"</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln">
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">grid</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="kwd">False</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln">
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">axis</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="str">'off'</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln">
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">legend</span><span class="pun">()</span><span class="pln">
plt</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">show</span><span class="pun">()</span>

Output