## Legend title legendTitle <- "new title" # or NULL if you do not want to show the title P + guides( title = NULL, fill=guide_legend ( title = NULL, keywidth=0.2, # specifying the width of the legend key. keyheight=0.2, # specifying the height of the legend key. default.unit="inch") ) # Legend key label changes newLabels <- c("Competitors", "Mirixa") # should be in order of color values below. p + scale_fill_manual(values=c("Khaki", "Tomato"), labels = newLabels) # Legend position P + theme (legend.position = "bottom", # or "top", "left", or "right" legen.dkey = element_rect(color = "white), # legend key background color in case of calling theme_bw() )