How to change the size of a plot figure

Hello,

I have a question. I would like to remake the size of my plots in matlab. Especially, i have observed that the plots have a "rectangle" format. So I would like to make my plot in a "square" format. I mean that I want my X axes to have the same size with the Y axis.

Could you please help me ?

Answer 1

[Lucifer__]

Set the ‘Position’ property on the current figure (gcf). By default, the position is in pixels.

x0=10;
y0=10;
width=550;
height=400
set(gcf,'position',[x0,y0,width,height])

You can specify other units (inches, centimeters, normalized, points, or characters). For example:

set(gcf,'units','points','position',[x0,y0,width,height])

[Lucifer__]

Previously answered here :

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/65402-how-to-set-graph-size#answer_76937

[Adam Danz]

The default figure size changed in R2025a.

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