Python hide ticks but show tick labels

Question

I can remove the ticks with

ax.set_xticks([]) 
ax.set_yticks([]) 

but this removes the labels as well. Any way I can plot the tick labels b

Answer 1

Currently came across the same issue, solved as follows on version 3.3.3:

My matplotlib ver: 3.3.3

ax.tick_params(tick1On=False) for left and bottom ticks
ax.tick_params(tick2On=False) for right and top ticks, which are off by default