`close`

Closes figure windows.

Category: Data Import and Analysis > Data Import and Export

Syntax

close

Closes the current figure.

close(fig)

Closes the figure with handle fig.

close all

Closes every open figure.

Description

A closed figure's handle becomes invalid, which isvalid reports as false. Closing a figure that is not open does nothing. Use close all at the top of a script to start from a clean slate.

Input arguments

fig: Figure handle or figure number.

Example

Close one figure, then all

f1 = figure('Visible', 'off');
f2 = figure('Visible', 'off');
close(f1);
[isvalid(f1) isvalid(f2)]
close all
[isvalid(f1) isvalid(f2)]

Output

ans = 1×2 logical array

   0   1
ans = 1×2 logical array

   0   0

close