find object in array and remove javascript code example

Example 1: 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 2: js remove object from array by value

let originalArray = [
    {name: 'John', age: 23, color: 'red'}, 
    {name: 'Ann', age: 21, color: 'blue'}, 
    {name: 'Mike', age: 13, color: 'green'}
];

let filteredArray = originalArray.filter(value => value.age > 18);

Example 3: how to find and remove object from array in javascript

var id = 88;

for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
    if(data[i].id == id) {
        data.splice(i, 1);
        break;
    }
}

Example 4: remove object in array javascript

//1
someArray.shift(); // first element removed
//2
someArray = someArray.slice(1); // first element removed
//3
someArray.splice(0, 1); // first element removed
//4
someArray.pop(); // last element removed
//5
someArray = someArray.slice(0, a.length - 1); // last element removed
//6
someArray.length = someArray.length - 1; // last element removed

Example 5: locate and delete an object in an array

var people = [
    {name: 'Billy', age: 22},
    {name: 'Sally', age: 19},
    {name: 'Timmy', age: 29},
    {name: 'Tammy', age: 15}
];
_.remove(people, function(e) {
    return e.age < 21
});
console.log(people);

// Output
// [ { name: 'Billy', age: 22 }, { name: 'Timmy', age: 29 } ]