How to remove or hide X-axis labels from a Seaborn / Matplotlib plot?

To remove or hide X-axis labels from a Seaborn / Matplotlib plot, you can use several methods. The most common approach is using set(xlabel=None) on the axes object.

Using set(xlabel=None)

This method removes the X-axis label while keeping the tick labels ?

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns

# Set figure size
plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [8, 4]
plt.rcParams["figure.autolayout"] = True

# Set Seaborn style
sns.set_style("whitegrid")

# Load example dataset
tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")

# Create boxplot and remove X-axis label
ax = sns.boxplot(x="day", y="total_bill", data=tips)
ax.set(xlabel=None)

plt.show()

Using set_xlabel("")

Alternative method to set an empty string as the label ?

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns

# Create sample data
tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")

# Create plot and remove X-axis label
plt.figure(figsize=(8, 4))
ax = sns.barplot(x="day", y="total_bill", data=tips)
ax.set_xlabel("")

plt.show()

Removing Both Labels and Tick Labels

To completely hide X-axis labels and tick labels ?

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns

tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")

plt.figure(figsize=(8, 4))
ax = sns.scatterplot(x="total_bill", y="tip", data=tips)

# Remove X-axis label and tick labels
ax.set(xlabel=None)
ax.set_xticklabels([])

plt.show()

Methods Comparison

Conclusion

Use ax.set(xlabel=None) to remove X-axis labels while keeping tick labels visible. For complete X-axis cleanup, combine it with set_xticklabels([]) to hide both labels and tick marks.