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% determine position of the axes
axp = get(gca,'Position');
% determine startpoint and endpoint for the arrows
xs=axp(1);
xe=axp(1)+axp(3)+0.04;
ys=axp(2);
ye=axp(2)+axp(4)+0.05;
% make the arrows
annotation('arrow', [xs xe],[ys ys]);
annotation('arrow', [xs xs],[ys ye]);
% remove old box and axes
box off
set(gca,'YTick',[])
set(gca,'XTick',[])
set(gca,'YColor',get(gca,'Color'))
set(gca,'XColor',get(gca,'Color'))