figure; t=0:0.01:7; plot(t,2*sin(t));

set(gca, 'LooseInset', [0,0,0,0]);

set(0,'DefaultAxesLooseInset',[0,0,0,0])

Clearing the LooseInset margins has a drawback: if the axes is zoomed or modified in such a way that the labels change, then the active axes plot region needs to shrink accordingly. For example:

set(gca,'LooseInset',get(gca,'TightInset'))

Note that the LooseInset property was first reported on CSSM back in 2007 (also here). The LooseInset property has remained hidden and undocumented to this day (Matlab 7.10, R2010a), although it has even featured in an official MathWorks Technical Solution to a reported problem about unexpected axes sizes last year.
p.s. – another undocumented property of Matlab axes, ContentsVisible, was described by Matt Whittaker in a comment on my original article that introduced undocumented properties.

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set(0,'HideUndocumented','off');

From now on, when displaying handle properties using get and set you’ll see the hidden properties.
Note that some of the properties might display a warning indication:

>> get(gcf)
	Alphamap = [ (1 by 64) double array]
	BackingStore = on
	CloseRequestFcn = closereq
	Color = [0.8 0.8 0.8]
	Colormap = [ (64 by 3) double array]
	CurrentAxes = []
	CurrentCharacter =
	CurrentKey =
	CurrentModifier = [ (1 by 0) cell array]
	CurrentObject = []
	CurrentPoint = [0 0]
	DithermapWarning: figure Dithermap is no longer useful
 with TrueColor displays, and will be removed in a future release.
 = [ (64 by 3) double array]
        ...

2. Access the properties’ definition in the handle’s class definition:

>> ch = classhandle(handle(gcf));
>> props = get(ch,'Properties');
>> propsVisibility = get(props,'Visible')';
>> hiddenProps = props(strcmp(propsVisibility,'off'));
>> sort(get(hiddenProps,'Name'))
ans =
    'ALimInclude'
    'ActivePositionProperty'
    'ApplicationData'
    'BackingStore'
    'Behavior'
    'CLimInclude'
    'CurrentKey'
    'CurrentModifier'
    'Dithermap'
    'DithermapMode'
    'ExportTemplate'
    'HelpFcn'
    'HelpTopicKey'
    'HelpTopicMap'
    'IncludeRenderer'
    'JavaFrame'
    'OuterPosition'
    'PixelBounds'
    'PrintTemplate'
    'Serializable'
    'ShareColors'
    'UseHG2'
    'WaitStatus'
    'XLimInclude'
    'YLimInclude'
    'ZLimInclude'

Different HG handles have different hidden properties. Not all these properties are useful. For example, I have found the PixelBounds property to be problematic – (it sometimes reports incorrect values!). Other properties (like Dithermap or ShareColors) are deprecated and display a warning wherever they are accessed.
But every so often we find a hidden property that can be of some actual benefit. Let’s take the figure handle’s OuterPosition property for example. It provides the figure’s external position values, including the space used by the window frame, toolbars etc., whereas the regular documented Position property only reports the internal bounds:

>> get(gcf,'pos')
ans =
   232   246   560   420
>> get(gcf,'outer')
ans =
   228   242   568   502

In future posts I will sometimes use such hidden properties. You can find the latest list by looking at this blog’s “Hidden property” category page.
Note: Like the rest of Matlab’s undocumented items, all hidden properties are undocumented, unsupported and may well change in future Matlab releases so use them with care.
Did you find any useful hidden property? If so, then please leave your finding in the comments section below.

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