R How to Suppress Vertical & Horizontal Gridlines in ggplot2 Plot (2 Examples)

data(iris)                     # Load iris data
head(iris)                     # Inspect iris 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

data(iris) # Load iris data head(iris) # Inspect iris 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 & load ggplot2
library("ggplot2")

install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 library("ggplot2")

my_plot <- ggplot(iris,        # Draw ggplot2 graph with grid
              aes(x = Petal.Length,
                  y = Petal.Width)) +
  geom_point()
my_plot                        # Printing graph

my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Draw ggplot2 graph with grid aes(x = Petal.Length, y = Petal.Width)) + geom_point() my_plot # Printing graph

my_plot +                      # ggplot2 graph without vertical gridlines
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = NULL)

my_plot + # ggplot2 graph without vertical gridlines scale_x_continuous(breaks = NULL)

my_plot +                      # ggplot2 graph without horizontal gridlines
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = NULL)

my_plot + # ggplot2 graph without horizontal gridlines scale_y_continuous(breaks = NULL)