how to delete columns in python code example

Example 1: remove column from dataframe

df.drop('column_name', axis=1, inplace=True)

Example 2: how to drop a column by name in pandas

>>> df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])
   A   D
0  0   3
1  4   7
2  8  11

Example 3: delete columns pandas

df = df.drop(df.columns[[0, 1, 3]], axis=1)  # df.columns is zero-based pd.Index 
df.drop(['column_nameA', 'column_nameB'], axis=1, inplace=True)

Example 4: how to delete a column from a dataframe in python

del df['column']