if array is greaster than 3 remove first jacascript code example

Example 1: js remove item from array by value

var arr = ['bill', 'is', 'not', 'lame'];

arr.splice(output_items.indexOf('not'), 1);

console.log(arr) //returns ['bill', 'is', 'lame']

Example 2: es6 remove first element of array

var myarray = ["item 1", "item 2", "item 3", "item 4"];

//removes the first element of the array, and returns that element.
alert(myarray.shift());
//alerts "item 1"

//removes the last element of the array, and returns that element.
alert(myarray.pop());
//alerts "item 4"