diff --git a/src/qcodes_loop/plots/qcmatplotlib.py b/src/qcodes_loop/plots/qcmatplotlib.py
index f8079b05..32c40f5b 100644
--- a/src/qcodes_loop/plots/qcmatplotlib.py
+++ b/src/qcodes_loop/plots/qcmatplotlib.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def _init_plot(self, subplots=None, figsize=None, num=None):
             if figsize is None:
                 figsize = (6, 4)
             self.fig, self.subplots = plt.subplots(
-                figsize=figsize, num=num, squeeze=False, **subplots
+                figsize=figsize, num=num, squeeze=False, clear=True, **subplots
             )
         else:
             # Format subplots as tuple (nrows, ncols)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def _init_plot(self, subplots=None, figsize=None, num=None):
                 figsize = self.default_figsize(subplots)
 
             self.fig, self.subplots = plt.subplots(
-                *subplots, num=num, figsize=figsize, squeeze=False
+                *subplots, num=num, figsize=figsize, squeeze=False, clear=True
             )
 
         # squeeze=False ensures that subplots is always a 2D array independent