javascript remove specific string from 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 in js

var myArray = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];

//removing element using splice method -- 
//arr.splice(index of the item to be removed, number of elements to be removed)
//Here lets remove Sunday -- index 0 and Monday -- index 1
  myArray.splice(0,2)

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

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: js array delete specific element

var ar = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
ar.pop(); // returns 6
console.log( ar ); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]