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Clearing a Mesh or the Entire Plot#
This example demonstrates how to remove elements from a scene.
from __future__ import annotations
import pyvista as pv
plotter = pv.Plotter()
actor = plotter.add_mesh(pv.Sphere())
plotter.remove_actor(actor)
plotter.show()
![clear](../../_images/sphx_glr_clear_001.png)
Clearing the entire plotting window:
plotter = pv.Plotter()
plotter.add_mesh(pv.Sphere())
plotter.add_mesh(pv.Plane())
plotter.clear() # clears all actors
plotter.show()
![clear](../../_images/sphx_glr_clear_002.png)
Or you can give any actor a name
when adding it and if an actor is added
with that same name at a later time, it will replace the previous actor:
plotter = pv.Plotter()
plotter.add_mesh(pv.Sphere(), name="mymesh")
plotter.add_mesh(pv.Plane(), name="mymesh")
# Only the Plane is shown.
plotter.show()
![clear](../../_images/sphx_glr_clear_003.png)
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.431 seconds)