Matplotlib - How to strip extra whitespaces from a plot without needing to save it?

Question

I have made a plot, and I don't want extra whitespaces in my plot; the question is:

How can I strip extra whitespaces from a plot?

I know you can strip extra whitespaces from a plot when you save it; Then you just do this: plt.savefig('file_name.png', bbox_inches='tight')

But I can't find any similar arguments you can pass to plt.plot() to have no extra whitespaces. Is it possible to pass an argument to plt.plot()?

user_9413990 · Answer

Have a look here: Reduce left and right margins in matplotlib plot

Couple of options you can use:

plt.tight_layout()

plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.1, right=0.9, top=0.9, bottom=0.1)

user_4932316 · Answer

Add

plt.tight_layout()

after the plot command

user_6229792 · Answer

The easiest way imho is to click on the button "configure subplots" and adjust the sliders because you see the result immediately. You could although call the tight_layout() function directly on plt bevor show()

Matplotlib - How to strip extra whitespaces from a plot without needing to save it?

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