close

Close one or more figures

📝Syntax

close()
close('all')
close(name)
close(ID)
close(GO)
close('all', 'force')
close(ID, 'force')
tf = close(...)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
ID	a scalar integer value: figure ID.
GO	a scalar graphics object on an existing figure.
GO	a scalar graphics object on an existing figure.

📤Output Arguments

Parameter	Description
tf	a scalar logical: true if figure was closed.

📄Description

close closes the current figure.

close(ID) closes the figure specified by figure ID.

close(GO) closes the figure specified by figure graphics object.

close('all') closes all figures.

close(..., 'force') closes the specified figures even when a CloseRequestFcn callback would otherwise prevent them from closing.

💡Examples

f = figure(1)
close();
h = figure(3)
close(h)
f1 = figure()
f2 = figure()
close('all')

🔗See Also

🕔Version History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version