How do I remove these black marks using matplotlib?

Question

I'm creating a board game using python and matplotlib. this is my first time using matplotlib and I have learnt from Google.

I was wondering if there was a way to remove these little black lines along my axis (Highlighted in red boxes). Click Here

I have added the grid lines by using:

plt.grid(True)

and i have hidden the axes by using:

frame1 = plt.gca()
frame1.axes.xaxis.set_ticklabels([])
frame1.axes.yaxis.set_ticklabels([])

Any help would be wonderful. Reply to this if you need anymore information

Kind Regards.

My general advice with nitpicky things in matplotlib is to deal with it, or write a better plotting library from scratch. I doubt there's a way with vanilla matplotlib. — ChootsMagoots, Apr 06 '18 at 17:43
@ChootsMagoots Can you please not comment below just any random matplotlib question that you personally doubt it to have a solution?! As I see it, most problems do have a solution, especially such straight forward things like this. Apart Matplotlib is open source and users are invited to contribute to the code; why would you write a new library instead of improving the existing one? — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Apr 06 '18 at 18:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '18 at 17:53

See here and here

Seems like the most generally accepted answer is using the tick_params() method

plt.tick_params(
    axis='both',       # changes apply to the x-axis
    which='both',      # both major and minor ticks are affected
    left='off',        # ticks along the left edge are off
    right='off',       # ticks along the right edge are off
    bottom='off',      # ticks along the bottom edge are off
    top='off')         # ticks along the top edge are off

Thanks! That works perfectly and is exactly what I wanted. Cheers! — Michael Cooper, Apr 06 '18 at 17:57

How do I remove these black marks using matplotlib?

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