How to save the plot with the labels and ticks area transparent but not the main plot area in matplotlib?

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There is a bug in the newest version of matplotlib. I'm not sure if this applies to here, because you do not state which version you are using.

The workaround would be to use a transparent facecolor and leave the other arguments at their defaults.

fig.savefig("fname", facecolor=(1,1,1,0))