plot - Remove xticks but keep xticklabels in MATLAB

Question

I have a plot in MATLAB from which I would like to remove the xticks but keep the xticklabels. If I just remove the xtick like so:

set(gca, 'XTick', []);

...then the labels also disappear. Is there a way to keep the labels, without having to manually recreate them with text boxes? I thought about trying to make the length of the xticks zero, but this answer suggests that xtick properties cannot be independently controlled.

Answer 1

Try modifying the TickLength property:

set(gca, 'Ticklength', [0 0])