How to set the matplotlib figure default size in ipython notebook

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I use   ipython notebook --pylab inline  to start the ipython notebook   The display matplotlib figure size is too big for me  and I have to adjust it manually   How to set the default size for the figure displayed in cell

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Just for completeness  this also works  from IPython core pylabtools import figsize figsize 14  7    It is a wrapper aroung the rcParams solution

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plt rcParams  figure figsize      15  5

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Worked liked a charm for me  matplotlib rcParams  figure figsize      20  10

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If you don t have this ipython notebook config py file  you can create one by following the readme and typing    ipython profile create

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In iPython 3 0 0  the inline backend needs to be configured in ipython kernel config py  You need to manually add the c InlineBackend rc    line  as mentioned in Greg s answer   This will affect both the inline backend in the Qt console and the notebook

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I believe the following work in version 0 11 and above  To check the version     ipython --version   It may be worth adding this information to your question   Solution   You need to find the file ipython notebook config py  Depending on your installation process this should be in somewhere like   config ipython profile default ipython notebook config py   where  config is in your home directory   Once you have located this file find the following lines    Subset of matplotlib rcParams that should be different for the inline backend    c InlineBackend rc     font size   10   figure figsize    6 0  4 0    figure facecolor    white    savefig dpi   72   figure subplot bottom   0 125   figure edgecolor    white     Uncomment this line c InlineBack    and define your default figsize in the second dictionary entry   Note that this could be done in a python script  and hence interactively in IPython  using   pylab rcParams  figure figsize      10 0  8 0

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