set tickmarks not visible matplotlib code example

Example 1: not x axis labels python

plt.gca().axes.get_xaxis().set_visible(False)
plt.gca().axes.get_yaxis().set_visible(False)

Example 2: matplotlib remove ticks and lines

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot([1],[1])
ax.tick_params(axis=u'both', which=u'both',length=0)
plt.show()