remove rows from dataframe with a values code example

Example 1: pandas drop rows with value in list

import pandas as pd

a = ['2015-01-01' , '2015-02-01']

df = pd.DataFrame(data={'date':['2015-01-01' , '2015-02-01', '2015-03-01' , '2015-04-01', '2015-05-01' , '2015-06-01']})

print(df)
#         date
#0  2015-01-01
#1  2015-02-01
#2  2015-03-01
#3  2015-04-01
#4  2015-05-01
#5  2015-06-01

df = df[~df['date'].isin(a)]

print(df)
#         date
#2  2015-03-01
#3  2015-04-01
#4  2015-05-01
#5  2015-06-01

Example 2: remove rows from a dataframe that are present in another dataframe?

df.loc[~((df.Product_Num.isin(df2['Product_Num']))&(df.Price.isin(df2['Price']))),:]
Out[246]: 
    Product_Num     Date  Description  Price
0            10   1-1-18  FruitSnacks   2.99
1            10   1-2-18  FruitSnacks   2.99
4            10  1-10-18  FruitSnacks   2.99
5            45   1-1-18       Apples   2.99
6            45   1-3-18       Apples   2.99
7            45   1-5-18       Apples   2.99
11           45  1-15-18       Apples   2.99