matplotlib.pyplot.close#

matplotlib.pyplot.close(fig=None)[source]#

Close a figure window, and unregister it from pyplot.

Parameters:

figNone or int or str orFigure

The figure to close. There are a number of ways to specify this:

• None: the current figure

• Figure: the givenFigure instance

• int: a figure number

• str: a figure name

• 'all': all figures

Notes

pyplot maintains a reference to figures created withfigure(). Whenwork on the figure is completed, it should be closed, i.e. deregisteredfrom pyplot, to free its memory (see also :rc:figure.max_open_warning).Closing a figure window created byshow() automatically deregisters thefigure. For all other use cases, most prominentlysavefig() withoutshow(), the figure must be deregistered explicitly usingclose().

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