How do you display or hide the horizontal and vertical axes in a chart?

In chart formatting, axes visibility is controlled through the axes display options, not by physical manipulation or deletion of chart components.

When working with charts, you access the chart elements or axis options where you can:

• Show or hide the primary horizontal axis (X-axis)
• Show or hide the primary vertical axis (Y-axis)
• Show or hide secondary axes if needed for dual-axis charts

This is typically found in Chart Elements (+ icon) → Axes → where checkboxes allow you to toggle the visibility of primary and secondary axes for both horizontal and vertical directions.

Option 1 (inserting formulas) relates to cell calculations, not chart formatting.

Option 2 (resizing plot area) only changes the dimensions of the chart area but doesn't control axis visibility.

Option 4 (deleting chart elements) would permanently remove components rather than providing a toggle option to show/hide axes as needed.

The correct approach through Option 3 allows flexible control - you can show or hide axes without losing any data or chart structure, and can easily restore them when needed by selecting the appropriate axis display option.