delete an array element in 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: remove a value to an array of javascript

var data = [1, 2, 3];

// remove a specific value
// splice(starting index, how many values to remove);
data.splice(1, 1);
// data = [1, 3];

// remove last element
data.pop();
// data = [1, 2];

Example 3: how to remove an item from an array in javascript

pop - Removes from the End of an Array.
shift - Removes from the beginning of an Array.
splice - removes from a specific Array index.
filter - allows you to programatically remove elements from an Array.

Example 4: remove element from array javascript

let values = [1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10]

// only keep n values from an array
values.length = 5