# How to clear or close pyplot figure?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clear-or-close-pyplot-figure/30767
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clear-or-close-pyplot-figure/30767 "2019-11-05T21:02:43Z")
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### Author: ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clear-or-close-pyplot-figure/30767/1 "2019-11-05T21:02:43Z")

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How to clear or close pyplot figure?

Paul

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### Author: ![Paul\_Soderlind](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paul_soderlind/32/1753_2.png) [@Paul\_Soderlind](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paul_Soderlind)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clear-or-close-pyplot-figure/30767/2 "2019-11-05T21:04:55Z")

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`close("all")` will close all figures

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### Author: ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clear-or-close-pyplot-figure/30767/3 "2019-11-06T21:19:37Z")

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Thanks,  
but after this command new plots ae not displyed 😕  
Is posible clear figure before inserting new plot ?  
Paul

W dniu 2019-11-05 o 22:09, Paul Soderlind via JuliaLang pisze:

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### Author: ![Paul\_Soderlind](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paul_soderlind/32/1753_2.png) [@Paul\_Soderlind](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paul_Soderlind)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clear-or-close-pyplot-figure/30767/4 "2019-11-06T22:10:49Z")

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I cannot replicate. The following works well (meaning: the first plot is created and then closed and the second plot is shown) on my machine

```julia
using PyPlot
p1 = figure()
plot(1:10)
close(p1) #or close("all")

figure()
plot(1:100)

```

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### Author: ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-clear-or-close-pyplot-figure/30767/5 "2019-11-07T07:00:48Z")

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Big Thanks, works:)  
I need it to animate scatter plot in while … Maybe is some special  
works to animate Pyplot plots ?  
Paul  
W dniu 2019-11-06 o 23:15, Paul Soderlind via JuliaLang pisze: