Matplotlib – Remove the legend on a matplotlib figure

figure tells you the call signature:

from matplotlib.pyplot import figure

figure(figsize=(8, 6), dpi=80)

figure(figsize=(1,1)) would create an inch-by-inch image, which would be 80-by-80 pixels unless you also give a different dpi argument.

No one has mentioned using negative inset values for legend. Here is an example, where the legend is to the right of the plot, aligned to the top (using keyword "topright").

# Random data to plot:
A <- data.frame(x=rnorm(100, 20, 2), y=rnorm(100, 20, 2))
B <- data.frame(x=rnorm(100, 21, 1), y=rnorm(100, 21, 1))

# Add extra space to right of plot area; change clipping to figure
par(mar=c(5.1, 4.1, 4.1, 8.1), xpd=TRUE)

# Plot both groups
plot(y ~ x, A, ylim=range(c(A$y, B$y)), xlim=range(c(A$x, B$x)), pch=1,
               main="Scatter plot of two groups")
points(y ~ x, B, pch=3)

# Add legend to top right, outside plot region
legend("topright", inset=c(-0.2,0), legend=c("A","B"), pch=c(1,3), title="Group")

The first value of inset=c(-0.2,0) might need adjusting based on the width of the legend.