`cla`

Clears the current axes of its graphics objects.

Category: Graphics > Formatting and Annotation

Syntax

cla

Deletes the lines, surfaces and other children of the current axes.

cla reset

Also restores the axes properties to their defaults.

cla(ax)

Clears the axes ax.

Description

The axes themselves remain, so new plots appear in the same place. Handles to the deleted objects become invalid. To clear the whole figure including its axes, use clf.

Input arguments

ax: Optional axes handle.

Example

Deleting a line

h = plot(1:5);
cla
disp(isvalid(h))

Output

cla