js remove element array 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: remove element from array javascript

// Remove single item
function removeItemOnce(arr, value) {
   var index = arr.indexOf(value);
   if (index > -1) {
      arr.splice(index, 1);
   }
   return arr;
}

// Remove all items
function removeItemAll(arr, value) {
   var i = 0;
   while (i < arr.length) {
      if (arr[i] === value) {
         arr.splice(i, 1);
      } else {
         ++i;
      }
   }
   return arr;
}

// Usage
console.log(removeItemOnce([2, 5, 9, 1, 5, 8, 5], 5));
console.log(removeItemAll([2, 5, 9, 1, 5, 8, 5], 5));

Example 3: delete item from list javascript

const array = [1, 2, 3];
const index = array.indexOf(2);
if (index > -1) {
  array.splice(index, 1);
}

Example 4: how to delete element in list javascript

//using filter method
let itemsToBeRemoved = ["Sunday", "Monday"]
var filteredArray = myArray.filter(item => !itemsToBeRemoved.includes(item))

Example 5: remove elemtns from an array with splice

var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango", "Kiwi"];
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = fruits;

function myFunction() {
  fruits.splice(2, 2);
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = fruits;
}

Example 6: remove element from array javascript

let numbers = [1,2,3,4]

// to remove last element
let last_num = numbers.pop();
// numbers will now be [1,2,3]

// to remove first element
let first_num = numbers.shift();
//numbers will now be [2,3]

// to remove at an index
let number_index = 1
let index_num = numbers.splice(number_index,1); //removes 1 element at index 1
//numbers will now be [2]

//these methods will modify the numbers array and return the removed element