Remove index name in pandas

Took me way too long to find an answer that actually worked for me. See below.

df = df.rename_axis(None, axis=1)

I'm sure some of these other answers are working for other people, but they definitely didn't work for me :(

From version 0.18.0 you can use rename_axis:

print df
         Column 1
foo              
Apples          1
Oranges         2
Puppies         3
Ducks           4

print df.index.name
foo


print df.rename_axis(None)
         Column 1
Apples          1
Oranges         2
Puppies         3
Ducks           4

print df.rename_axis(None).index.name
None

# To modify the DataFrame itself:
df.rename_axis(None, inplace=True)
print df.index.name
None

Use del df.index.name

In [16]: df
Out[16]:
         Column 1
foo
Apples          1
Oranges         2
Puppies         3
Ducks           4

In [17]: del df.index.name

In [18]: df
Out[18]:
         Column 1
Apples          1
Oranges         2
Puppies         3
Ducks           4

Alternatively you can just assign None to the index.name attribute:

>>> df.index.name = None
>>> print(df)
         Column 1    
Apples          1
Oranges         2
Puppies         3
Ducks           4