diff --git a/functions/utilities/exportFigureGUI.m b/functions/utilities/exportFigureGUI.m
index accb4eb6bfe491ba2e2d39a78c3e6503c1282d7f..2c68d55aef190c357381d5a7e51f0e69280730c4 100644
--- a/functions/utilities/exportFigureGUI.m
+++ b/functions/utilities/exportFigureGUI.m
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ previewButton = uibutton(fig, 'Text', 'Update preview', ...
         obj = findall(selectedFig, 'Type', 'figure');
 
         % Delete any existing axes
-        delete(findall(uiPanel, 'Type', 'figure'));
+        delete(findall(uiPanel, 'Type', 'axes'));
 
         % Copy the axes into the UI Panel
         newAx = copyobj(obj.Children, uiPanel);