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Adding a title to a plotAdding arrows to an annotationAdding axis labels to a plotAdding markers to a plotAnnotating data pointsApplying an offset to annotationsChanging the default font sizeChanging the marker size in scatterplotsChanging the number of ticksChanging the tick sizeRemoving certain ticksRemoving column name label from pie chartsRemoving default axis labelsRotating axis labelsRotating custom tick labelsSpecifying custom tick labelsWriting mathematical expressions
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Changing the tick size in Matplotlib
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schedule Jul 1, 2022
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expand_more To change the tick size in Matplotlib, use the tick_params(~)
method:
plt.tick_params(axis="both", labelsize=15)plt.plot([1,2,3])plt.show()
The output is as follows:

To change only the tick size of only either the x-axis or the y-axis:
plt.tick_params(axis="x", labelsize=15) # To change the x-axisplt.tick_params(axis="y", labelsize=15) # To change the y-axis
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