Use this procedure to remove lines from a grid with evenly spaced lines. The lines will always be distributed evenly along the grid axis. To remove a particular line and have all the other lines stay in their original places, open the grid’s Properties palette, and change the Layout type to Manual.
- Select the column grid from which you want to remove lines.
- Remove grid lines:
If you want to… Then… remove grid lines from the X axis of the grid click 
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Then, click on the X axis. The number of grid lines decreases by one, while the overall size of the grid remains the same. remove grid lines from the Y axis of the grid Click . 
Then, click on the Y axis. The number of grid lines decreases by one, while the overall size of the grid remains the same.