disable matplotlib toolbar

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Is there a way to disable/hide matplotlib Toolbar that shows up on the bottom?

I'd tried something like this:

import matplotlib as mpl
mpl.rcParams['toolbar'] = 'None'

but unfortunately that didn't work.

That works for me. What backend are you using? – tiago Dec 19 '12 at 05:16 — tiago, Dec 19 '12 at 05:16

score 25 · Answer 1 · edited May 31 '13 at 08:12

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Make sure to call mpl.rcParams['toolbar'] = 'None' before you instantiate any figures.

edited May 31 '13 at 08:12

sodd

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answered Mar 20 '13 at 22:44

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Doesn't work for the nbagg (`%matplotlib notebook`) backend. – Taylor Aug 17 '17 at 13:11
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Is the toolbar the thing at the top of the figure window that has the zoom/pan buttons in it, or the display at the bottom of the figure window that displays x- and y-coordinates of the cursor? Is there a separate name for these display widgets? – cxrodgers Jan 31 '18 at 22:44
@Taylor I found [this block of CSS code](https://stackoverflow.com/a/46735198/8508004) in call before invoking the plot seemed to remove the toolbar when using the nbagg (`%matplotlib notebook`) backend. – Wayne Mar 17 '22 at 16:10

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '20 at 20:22

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If you are in Jupyter using %matplotlib widget (ipympl) you can do:

fig.canvas.toolbar_visible = False

You can also disable header and footer with:

fig.canvas.header_visible = False
fig.canvas.footer_visible = False

answered Apr 20 '20 at 20:22

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YESSSS this is what I needed – endolith Dec 20 '20 at 16:29

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 30 '17 at 15:26

Alternatively, you can hide the toolbar:

QToolBar.hide()

or

QToolBar.setVisible(False)

Obviously this will only work with a Qt backend. To expand on this answer, given the figure fig:

First, if using Qt5:

from PyQt5 import QtWidgets

Otherwise:

from PyQt4 import QtGui as QtWidgets

Then:

try:
    win = fig.canvas.manager.window
except AttributeError:
    win = fig.canvas.window()
toolbar = win.findChild(QtWidgets.QToolBar)
toolbar.setVisible(False)

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 17 '16 at 15:38

To expand on bejota's answer:

Obviously this will only work with a Qt backend. To expand on this answer, given the figure fig:

First, if using Qt5:

from PyQt5 import QtWidgets

Otherwise:

from PyQt4 import QtGui as QtWidgets

Then:

toolbar = win.findChild(QtWidgets.QToolBar)
toolbar.setVisible(False)
try:
    win = fig.canvas.manager.window
except AttributeError:
    win = fig.canvas.window()
toolbar = win.findChild(QtWidgets.QToolBar)
toolbar.setVisible(False)

score -2 · Answer 5 · edited May 31 '13 at 08:12

you can go to C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl-data , there you will see the file named matplotlibrc, open the file and you will find a line like:

#toolbar      : toolbar2# None | toolbar2  ("classic" is deprecated)

uncomment that line and place None after the colon like:

toolbar      : None# None | toolbar2  ("classic" is deprecated) and save the file,

I guess after you can disable the toolbar in graphs plotted by matplotlib.

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