How to clear memory completely of all Matplotlib plots

Question

I have data analysis module that contains functions which call on Matplotlib pyplot API multiple times to generate up to 30 figures in each run. These figures get immediatel

Answer 1

Especially when you are running multiple processes or threads, it is much better to define your figure variable and work with it directly:

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

f = plt.figure()
f.clear()
plt.close(f)

In any case, you must combine the use of plt.clear() and plt.close()