remove specific elements from array javascript code example

Example 1: javascript removing items looping through array

var colors=["red","green","blue","yellow"];
//loop back-words through array when removing items like so:
for (var i = colors.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    if (colors[i] === "green" || colors[i] === "blue") { 
        colors.splice(i, 1);
    }
}
//colors is now  ["red", "yellow"]

Example 2: 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 3: delete element from list javascript

const array = [2, 5, 9];

console.log(array);

const index = array.indexOf(5);
if (index > -1) {
  array.splice(index, 1);
}

// array = [2, 9]
console.log(array);

Example 4: js array delete specific element

var ar = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
ar.length = 4; // set length to remove elements
console.log( ar ); //  [1, 2, 3, 4]