# Disable border around bar plot in Plots.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-border-around-bar-plot-in-plots-jl/47354>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting, plots\
**Created:** [September 27, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-border-around-bar-plot-in-plots-jl/47354 "2020-09-27T09:34:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![OvidiusCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/73ab20/32.png) [@OvidiusCicero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/OvidiusCicero)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-border-around-bar-plot-in-plots-jl/47354/1 "2020-09-27T09:34:29Z")

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Is there a way to disable the black borders around bars in bar plots in `Plots.jl`? With many data points they become useless and make the colors useless:

```
n = 300
bar(
	range(0, 1; length=n),
	rand(n))

```

![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/0/10327fac38b0693a6ee2d8812648d5c5447943f6.png)

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**Author:** ![AndiMD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/andimd/32/6531_2.png) [@AndiMD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AndiMD)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-border-around-bar-plot-in-plots-jl/47354/2 "2020-09-27T11:19:34Z")

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Try either `linecolor=nothing`, which leaves small gaps between bars. Or select same color for bars and borders `linecolor=:blue,color=:blue`

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**Author:** ![OvidiusCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/73ab20/32.png) [@OvidiusCicero](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/OvidiusCicero)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-border-around-bar-plot-in-plots-jl/47354/3 "2020-09-27T11:26:55Z")

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works like a charm. thank you!

if you want to use the default colors: use for `linecolor` and `color``1`, `2` and so on

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**Author:** ![daschw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/daschw/32/2926_2.png) [@daschw](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/daschw)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-border-around-bar-plot-in-plots-jl/47354/4 "2020-10-21T13:05:15Z")

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You can also use `linecolor = :match` for bar plots and shapes.

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**Author:** ![viraltux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/viraltux/32/15236_2.png) [@viraltux](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/viraltux)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-border-around-bar-plot-in-plots-jl/47354/5 "2020-12-21T17:02:53Z")

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Another possibility would be:

n = 300  
plot(seriestype = :sticks,  
range(0, 1; length=n),  
rand(n))

![sticks](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/5/45a3a3e3c13ab823268ec8cdb8b2a42ccc9c57dd.png)