Python | Remove multiple keys from dictionary

Last Updated : 19 Jul, 2019

While working with Python dictionaries, we can have utility in which we require to remove more than one keys at once. This type of problem can occur while working in Web Development domain with NoSQL Databases. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this task can be performed.

Method #1 : Using pop() + list comprehension
In this method, we just use the pop function which is used to remove a single key along with the list comprehension which iterates for the entire list to perform the remove operation.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Remove multiple keys from dictionary
# Using pop() + list comprehension
  
# initializing dictionary
test_dict = {'Gfg' : 1, 'is' : 2, 'best' : 3, 'for' : 4, 'CS' : 5}
  
# initializing Remove keys
rem_list = ['is', 'for', 'CS']
  
# printing original dictionary
print("The original dictionary is : " + str(test_dict))
  
# Using pop() + list comprehension
# Remove multiple keys from dictionary
[test_dict.pop(key) for key in rem_list]
  
# printing result 
print("Dictionary after removal of keys : " + str(test_dict))

Output :

The original dictionary is : {‘is’: 2, ‘best’: 3, ‘for’: 4, ‘Gfg’: 1, ‘CS’: 5}
Dictionary after removal of keys : {‘best’: 3, ‘Gfg’: 1}

Method #2 : Using items() + list comprehension + dict()
In this method, rather than removal of keys, we reconstruct the dictionary using the dict function, by extracting key and value pairs using items() and iterating over them using list comprehension.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of
# Remove multiple keys from dictionary
# Using items() + list comprehension + dict()
  
# initializing dictionary
test_dict = {'Gfg' : 1, 'is' : 2, 'best' : 3, 'for' : 4, 'CS' : 5}
  
# initializing Remove keys
rem_list = ['is', 'for', 'CS']
  
# printing original dictionary
print("The original dictionary is : " + str(test_dict))
  
# Using items() + list comprehension + dict()
# Remove multiple keys from dictionary
res = dict([(key, val) for key, val in 
           test_dict.items() if key not in rem_list])
  
# printing result 
print("Dictionary after removal of keys : " + str(res))

Output :

The original dictionary is : {‘is’: 2, ‘best’: 3, ‘for’: 4, ‘Gfg’: 1, ‘CS’: 5}
Dictionary after removal of keys : {‘best’: 3, ‘Gfg’: 1}

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