You could also try the following: plot(xx,lty=1,color=1:6,wh=c(0,3)) The wh-argument sets the coordinates for the topleft corner of the legend-box. By giving coordinates that fall outside the plot no legend will appear. You can later add a custom legend with the legend()-function. Hope this works for you, Rob -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/How-to-suppress-default-legend-in-plot-cuminc-tp4664305p4667170.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.