remove an element from array javascript by index code example

Example 1: remove a particular element from array

var colors = ["red","blue","car","green"];
var carIndex = colors.indexOf("car");//get  "car" index
//remove car from the colors array
colors.splice(carIndex, 1); // colors = ["red","blue","green"]

Example 2: javascript remove from array by index

//Remove specific value by index
array.splice(index, 1);

Example 3: locate and delete an object in an array

// we have an array of objects, we want to remove one object using only the id property
var apps = [{id:34,name:'My App',another:'thing'},{id:37,name:'My New App',another:'things'}];
 
// get index of object with id:37
var removeIndex = apps.map(function(item) { return item.id; }).indexOf(37);
 
// remove object
apps.splice(removeIndex, 1);

Example 4: array remove index from array

const array = [2, 5, 9];

//Get index of the number 5
const index = array.indexOf(5);
//Only splice if the index exists
if (index > -1) {
  //Splice the array
  array.splice(index, 1);
}

//array = [2, 9]
console.log(array);

Example 5: remove item at index in array javascript

// remove element at certain index without changing original
let arr = [0,1,2,3,4,5]
let newArr = [...arr]
newArr.splice(1,1)//remove 1 element from index 1
console.log(arr) // [0,1,2,3,4,5]
console.log(newArr)// [0,2,3,4,5]

Example 6: javascript remove one element from array

var months = [
      'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
      'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
    ];