Hide legend from seaborn pairplot

Question

I would like to hide the Seaborn pairplot legend. The official docs don't mention a keyword legend. Everything I tried using plt.legend didn't work. Please suggest the best way forward. Thanks!

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
%matplotlib inline

test = pd.DataFrame({
    'id': ['1','2','1','2','2','6','7','7','6','6'],
    'x': [123,22,356,412,54,634,72,812,129,110],
    'y':[120,12,35,41,45,63,17,91,112,151]})
sns.pairplot(x_vars='x', y_vars="y", 
                 data=test,
                 hue = 'id', 
                 height = 3)

You forgot to add 'import pandas as pd' at the beginning to make your code works. — richar8086, Jun 17 '19 at 13:18

score 55 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '20 at 08:11

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Since _legend.remove() method won't work on some other seaborn plots, what about:

plt.legend([],[], frameon=False)

answered Aug 21 '20 at 08:11

SOJA

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Thank you! 'g._legend.remove()' did not work on sns.boxplot – Babak Ravandi Nov 02 '20 at 19:42
This worked for `scatterplot` – artemis Mar 07 '23 at 17:26
g =sns.swarmplot(data=...) g.legend([],[], frameon=False) works for me – Yano Apr 05 '23 at 23:34

DavidG · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-15T08:42:15.967

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You need to return the Seabron Pairgrid object when you use pairplot and then you can access the legend of the Pairgrid using ._legend. Then simply call remove():

import seaborn as sns

test = pd.DataFrame({
    'id': ['1','2','1','2','2','6','7','7','6','6'],
    'x': [123,22,356,412,54,634,72,812,129,110],
    'y':[120,12,35,41,45,63,17,91,112,151]})

g = sns.pairplot(x_vars='x', y_vars="y", data=test, hue = 'id', height = 3)
g._legend.remove()

edited Jul 15 '20 at 08:42

answered Feb 20 '19 at 09:09

DavidG

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Using `._legend` doesn't work for me and throws an `AttributeError`. Using `.legend_` works, however, as [in this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/38136752/9374673). – Mihai Chelaru May 28 '19 at 18:25
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@DavidG. Since I see that for most people Mihai Chelaru's answer works, could you please update your answer changing `_legend` to `legend_`? Thank you! – aerijman Jul 07 '20 at 13:34
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No. For me, using a `pairplot` my answer works. The linked answer uses a `stripplot` which returns an `axes` object as opposed to the `PairGrid` object returned by `pairplot`, therefore the answers will not be the same. – DavidG Jul 08 '20 at 09:17
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`legend_.remove()` works for me for a seaborn lineplot – Jordan Feb 24 '22 at 16:03

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 12 '21 at 20:50

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If you want to remove legends on all subplots, you can use the following code.

fig, axes = plt.subplots(2,5)

# ...

for ax in axes:
    ax.legend([],[], frameon=False)

answered Jan 12 '21 at 20:50

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 04 '23 at 15:42

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You can also just stay on the surface roads, so to speak.

ax.get_legend().set_visible(False)

answered Aug 04 '23 at 15:42

Phil

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Hide legend from seaborn pairplot

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