Apr 1, 2025 · Apr 1, 2025
diff --git a/doc/users/faq.rst b/doc/users/faq.rst
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
    plt.savefig('myfig.png')
    plt.close()

 .. seealso::

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py

 def close(fig: None | int | str | Figure | Literal["all"] = None) -> None:
    """
    Close a figure window.
    Close a figure window, and unregister it from pyplot.

    Parameters
    ----------
        - ``str``: a figure name
        - 'all': all figures

    Notes
    -----
    pyplot maintains a reference to figures created with `figure()`. When
    work on the figure is completed, it should be closed, i.e. deregistered
    from pyplot, to free its memory (see also :rc:figure.max_open_warning).
    Closing a figure window created by `show()` automatically deregisters the
    figure. For all other use cases, most prominently `savefig()` without
    `show()`, the figure must be deregistered explicitly using `close()`.
    """
    if fig is None:
        manager = _pylab_helpers.Gcf.get_active()
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		import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
		plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
		plt.savefig('myfig.png')
		plt.close()

		.. seealso::

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		def close(fig: None \| int \| str \| Figure \| Literal["all"] = None) -> None:
		"""
		Close a figure window.
		Close a figure window, and unregister it from pyplot.

		Parameters
		----------
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		- ``str``: a figure name
		- 'all': all figures

		Notes
		-----
		pyplot maintains a reference to figures created with `figure()`. When
		work on the figure is completed, it should be closed, i.e. deregistered
		from pyplot, to free its memory (see also :rc:figure.max_open_warning).
		Closing a figure window created by `show()` automatically deregisters the
		figure. For all other use cases, most prominently `savefig()` without
		`show()`, the figure must be deregistered explicitly using `close()`.
		"""
		if fig is None:
		manager = _pylab_helpers.Gcf.get_active()
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