Chart.js v2 - hiding grid lines

Question

I am using Chart.js v2 to draw a simple line chart. Everything looks fine, except there are grid lines that I don't want:

The documentation for Line Chart is here: https://nnnick.github.io/Chart.js/docs-v2/#line-chart, but I can't find anything about hiding those "Grid Lines".

How can I remove the grid lines?

Answer 1

I found a solution that works for hiding the grid lines in a Line chart.

Set the gridLines color to be the same as the div's background color.

var options = {
    scales: {
        xAxes: [{
            gridLines: {
                color: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)",
            }
        }],
        yAxes: [{
            gridLines: {
                color: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)",
            }   
        }]
    }
}

or use

var options = {
    scales: {
        xAxes: [{
            gridLines: {
                display:false
            }
        }],
        yAxes: [{
            gridLines: {
                display:false
            }   
        }]
    }
}

Answer 2

options: {
    scales: {
        xAxes: [{
            gridLines: {
                drawOnChartArea: false
            }
        }],
        yAxes: [{
            gridLines: {
                drawOnChartArea: false
            }
        }]
    }
}

Answer 3

If you want them gone by default, you can set:

Chart.defaults.scale.gridLines.display = false;

Answer 4

If you want to hide gridlines but want to show yAxes, you can set:

yAxes: [{...
         gridLines: {
                        drawBorder: true,
                        display: false
                    }
       }]

Answer 5

OK, nevermind.. I found the trick:

    scales: {
      yAxes: [
        {
          gridLines: {
                lineWidth: 0
            }
        }
      ]
    }

Answer 6

From version 3.x, onwards use this syntax. Refer to chart.js migration guide: https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/getting-started/v3-migration.html

 scales: {
  x: {
      grid:{
       display:false
           }
     },
  y: 
     {
   grid:{
    display:false
        }
     }
         }

Answer 7

The code below removes remove grid lines from chart area only not the ones in x&y axis labels

Chart.defaults.scale.gridLines.drawOnChartArea = false;

Answer 8

Please refer to the official documentation:

https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/axes/styling.html#grid-line-configuration

Below code changes would hide the gridLines:

        gridLines: {
            display:false
        }