pandas dataframe delete rows code example

Example 1: delete a row in pandas dataframe

df.drop(df.index[2])

Example 2: delete row from dataframe python

df.drop(df.index[-2])
df.drop(df.index[[3, 4]])
df.drop(['row_1', 'row_2'])
df.drop('column_1', axis=1)
df[df.name != 'cell']

Example 3: pandas how to delete a row

>>> df
   A  B   C   D
0  0  1   2   3
1  4  5   6   7
2  8  9  10  11

Drop a row by index

    df.drop([0, 1])
       A  B   C   D
    2  8  9  10  11

Drop columns

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

Example 4: drop a column from dataframe

#to drop by column number instead of by column label, try this to delete, e.g. the 1st, 2nd and 4th columns
df = df.drop(df.columns[[0, 1, 3]], axis=1)  # df.columns is zero-based pd.Index