# How to make \`plot!(...)\` without changing \`xlimit\` and \`ylimit\`
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-plot-without-changing-xlimit-and-ylimit/109647
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** plots
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-plot-without-changing-xlimit-and-ylimit/109647 "2024-02-02T21:32:47Z")
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### Author:  [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-plot-without-changing-xlimit-and-ylimit/109647/1 "2024-02-02T21:32:47Z")
I have created a plot using Plots.jl and the `plot()` command. How do I add another thing to the plot using `plot!()`, without changing the x and y limits?
(I have an application where the first `plot` command sets good limits, which I don’t know directly myself, and I want to use those for the remaining of the plot)
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### Author:  [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-plot-without-changing-xlimit-and-ylimit/109647/2 "2024-02-02T22:09:46Z")
```julia
julia> plot(1:10) # Initial plot spans 0..10 in both x and y
julia> plot!(xlim=xlims(), ylim=ylims()) # Freeze axis limits
julia> plot!(1:20) # Plot is updated with additional data but within the original axis limits
```
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### Author:  [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-plot-without-changing-xlimit-and-ylimit/109647/3 "2024-02-02T22:17:29Z")
> [@PeterSimon](#):
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> `plot!(xlim=xlims(), ylim=ylims())`
It worked, thanks a lot!