# Ignore min and max in a boxplot using Graph Objects

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/ignore-min-and-max-in-a-boxplot-using-graph-objects/71967>\
**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python\
**Created:** [January 26, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/ignore-min-and-max-in-a-boxplot-using-graph-objects/71967 "2023-01-26T15:13:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/ignore-min-and-max-in-a-boxplot-using-graph-objects/71967/1 "2023-01-26T15:13:43Z")

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I am trying to remove max and min in a boxplot using Graph Objects (i.e. only show q1, median and q3). Since I have precompiled quartiles, I used the example from the plotly documentation: [Box plots in Python](https://plotly.com/python/box-plots/) . I tried to set the parameter hoverinfo to “q1+median+q3” but that causes an error. In addition, I tried to define a hovertemplate but this seems to be ignored. Any help in how to implement this is highly appreciated.

```auto
import plotly.graph_objects as go

fig = go.Figure()

fig.add_trace(go.Box(y=[
        [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
        [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9],
        [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
      ], name="Precompiled Quartiles"))

fig.update_traces(q1=[1, 2, 3], median=[4, 5, 6],
                  q3=[7, 8, 9], lowerfence=[-1, 0, 1],
                  upperfence=[5, 6, 7], mean=[2.2, 2.8, 3.2],
                  sd=[0.2, 0.4, 0.6], notchspan=[0.2, 0.4, 0.6] )

fig.show()

```