How to hide y axis?

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I plot a horizontal boxplot in MATLAB -- boxplot(y, group,'orientation','horizontal'), and then hide the y-axis using set(gca,'box','off','ycolor','w').

It looks fine on the screen - only the bottom x-axis is visible. But whenever I save the figure to file, using either the print() function or matlabfrag.m, the left y-axis reappears in the output file (although it doesn't show up in MATLAB's visualization of the figure).

How can I keep this y-axis hidden?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '17 at 13:36

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I know this is an old post, but the following also remove the tick marks which is probably what you want:

set(gca, 'YTick', []);

answered Feb 20 '17 at 13:36

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user8260285 · Answer 2 · 2017-07-18T12:40:35.550

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Try:

ax1 = gca;                   % gca = get current axis
ax1.YAxis.Visible = 'off';   % remove y-axis
ax1.XAxis.Visible = 'off';   % remove x-axis

edited Jul 18 '17 at 12:40

answered Jul 05 '17 at 15:52

user8260285

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Please give some explanation why your code is working. Thanks. – Peter Jul 05 '17 at 16:44

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 28 '13 at 18:05

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Before exporting the figure, do

set(gcf, 'InvertHardCopy', 'off');

answered Aug 28 '13 at 18:05

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 15 '15 at 14:09

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To remove labels from a plot, use the following commands for X-axis or Y-axis:

set(gca,'XTickLabel',{' '})
set(gca,'YTickLabel',{' '})

edited Jun 15 '15 at 14:09

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answered Jun 15 '15 at 14:02

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 21 '13 at 07:28

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Something similar happened to me sometime ago with another property. The only way to keep the property was saving directly from the figure menu! I know that it is boring, but helped me!

answered Feb 21 '13 at 07:28

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How to hide y axis?

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