close() by itself closes the current figure

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close(h) where h is a Figure instance, closes that figure

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close(num) closes figure number num

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close(name) where name is a string, closes figure with that label

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close('all') closes all the figure windows

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

fig = plt.figure()

ax = fig.add_subplot()

plt.show()

plt.close()