how to delete an array javascript 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: delete an element to an array

var colors = ["red", "orange", "yellow", "green"];
colors = colors.splice(3, 1); // Starts removing from the third element, and deletes 1 element
// Array.splice(startingElement, elementYouWantToRemove);