tightfig(hfig)

Remove excess margins from figures.

You are now following this Submission

Editor's Note: This file was selected as MATLAB Central Pick of the Week

Alters a figure so that it has the minimum size necessary to
enclose all axes in the figure without excess space around them.
Works for figures containing multiple axes as subplots.
Note that tightfig will expand the figure to completely encompass all
axes if necessary.
Returns an error if the figure contains any 3D axes which have been zoomed.

Cite As

Richard Crozier (2026). tightfig(hfig) (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/34055-tightfig-hfig), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.7.0.0

Actually uploaded new file this time!

1.6.0.0

Now works better with newer Matlab plotting code (i.e. colorbars and legends now handled properly in newer Matlab)

1.5.0.0

Added suggested improvement for minimum bound by Ben

1.3.0.0

Corrected bug noted by commenter Thomas, also tidied up some other parts of code and comments.

1.0.0.0