Get Rid of Borders of ggplot2 Text Label in R (Example Code)

In this R programming tutorial you’ll learn how to get rid of ggplot2 text annotation borders.

Preparing the Example

data(iris)                     # Load example data to R
head(iris)                     # Head of example data
#   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
# 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
# 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa
install.packages("ggplot2")    # Install ggplot2 package
library("ggplot2")             # Load ggplot2 package
my_plot <- ggplot(iris,        # Create ggplot2 line plot
                  aes(x = Petal.Width,
                      y = Petal.Length)) +
  geom_line()
my_plot

r graph figure 1 get rid borders ggplot2 text label r

my_plot +                      # Annotate text using geom_label function
  geom_label(aes(x = 1,
                 y = 2,
                 label = "Some Text"),
             col = "red",
             size = 6)

r graph figure 2 get rid borders ggplot2 text label r

Example: Set Background Color for Text Label in ggplot2 Plot

my_plot +                      # Change color of text background
  geom_label(aes(x = 1,
                 y = 2,
                 label = "Some Text"),
             col = "red",
             size = 6,
             label.size = NA)

r graph figure 3 get rid borders ggplot2 text label r

Related Tutorials & Further Resources

Have a look at the following R programming tutorials. They explain topics such as text elements, ggplot2, and graphics in R:

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