pd dataframe drop first column code example

Example 1: pandas drop columns by index

cols = [1,2,4,5,12]
df.drop(df.columns[cols],axis=1,inplace=True)

Example 2: removing features pandas

df.drop([‘feature_1’,’feature_2’], inplace = True, axis = 1)

Example 3: drop the first column pandas

df.set_index['column'] # column refers to column to be set as index