drop column dataframe python code example

Example 1: drop a column pandas

df.drop(['column_1', 'Column_2'], axis = 1, inplace = True)

Example 2: drop a column from dataframe

#To delete the column without having to reassign df
df.drop('column_name', axis=1, inplace=True)

Example 3: drop columns pandas

df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])

Example 4: python pandas drop

df = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape(3, 4),
...                   columns=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
>>> df
   A  B   C   D
0  0  1   2   3
1  4  5   6   7
2  8  9  10  11

Drop columns
>>> df.drop(['B', 'C'], axis=1)
   A   D
0  0   3
1  4   7
2  8  11
>>> df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])
   A   D
0  0   3
1  4   7
2  8  11

Example 5: how to drop a column by name in pandas

>>> df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])
   A   D
0  0   3
1  4   7
2  8  11

Example 6: df drop column

df = df.drop(['B', 'C'], axis=1)