Remove extra legends in ggplot2

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Aesthetics can be set or mapped within a ggplot call.

  • An aesthetic defined within aes(...) is mapped from the data, and a legend created.
  • An aesthetic may also be set to a single value, by defining it outside aes().

In this case, it appears you wish to set alpha = 0.8 and map colour = group.

To do this,

Place the alpha = 0.8 outside the aes() definition. 

g <- ggplot(df, aes(x = x, y = y, group = group))
g <- g + geom_line(aes(colour = group))
g <- g + geom_point(aes(colour = group), alpha = 0.8)
g

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For any mapped variable you can supress the appearance of a legend by using guide="none" in the appropriate scale_... call. eg.

g2 <- ggplot(df, aes(x = x, y = y, group = group)) + 
        geom_line(aes(colour = group)) +
        geom_point(aes(colour = group, alpha = 0.8))
g2 + scale_alpha(guide="none")

Which will return an identical plot

EDIT
@Joran’s comment is spot-on, I’ve made my answer more comprehensive

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