remove pandas column by name code example

Example 1: 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 2: dataframe delete row

df.drop(df.index[2])

Example 3: drop a column in pandas

df = df.drop(df.columns[[0, 1, 3]], axis=1)  # df.columns is zero-based pd.Index

Example 4: drop the first column pandas

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