Remove elements from a JavaScript Array

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 03 Dec, 2019

JavaScript array is a single variable that is used to store the elements or a group of values. You can add or remove elements from array in any position. In this article, we will discuss different ways to remove elements from array. There are many methods that is used to remove elements from JavaScript array which are discussed below:

pop() function: This method is use to remove elements from the end of an array.
shift() function: This method is use to remove elements from the start of an array.
splice() function: This method is use to remove elements from the specific index of an array.
filter() function: This method is use to remove elements in programatically way.

Note: There are some other methods that are created by JavaScript inbuilt methods.

Below examples illustrate the methods to remove elements from a JavaScript array:

Remove Array elements by using pop() method: This method is used to remove the last element of the array and returns the removed element. This function decreases the length of the array by 1.

Example 1:

<script>  
// JavaScript code to illustrate pop() function  
// to remove array elements 
  
function func() {  
    var arr = ["shift", "splice", "filter", "pop"];  
  
    // Popping the last element from the array  
    var popped = arr.pop();  
    document.write("Removed element: " + popped + "<br>");  
    document.write("Remaining elements: " + arr);  
}  
func();  
</script>  

Output:

Removed element: pop
Remaining elements: shift, splice, filter

Example 2:

<script>  
// Declare and initialize an array 
var array = ["pop", "splice", "filter", "shift"] 
  
document.write("Original array: " + array + "<br>") 
  
// Loop run while array length not zero 
while (array.length) { 
  
    // Remove elements from array 
    array.pop(); 
} 
document.write("Array Length: " + array.length ) 
  
</script> 

Output:

Original array: pop, splice, filter, shift
Array Length: 0

Remove Array elements by using shift() method: This method is used to remove the first element of the array and reducing the size of original array by 1.

Example:

<script>  
// JavaScript code to illustrate shift() method 
// to remove elements from array 
function func() {  
    var arr = ["shift", "splice", "filter", "pop"];  
  
    // Removing the first element from array  
    var shifted = arr.shift();  
    document.write("Removed element: " + shifted + "<br>");  
    document.write("Remaining elements: " + arr);  
}  
func();  
</script>                     

Output:

Removed element: shift
Remaining elements: splice, filter, pop

Remove Array elements by using splice() method: This method is used to modify the contents of an array by removing the existing elements and/or by adding new elements. To remove elements by splice() method you can specify the elements in different ways.

Example 1: Use the indexing of splice method to remove elements from a JavaScript array.

<script>  
// JavaScript code to illustrate splice() function  
  
function func() {  
    var arr = ["shift", "splice", "filter", "pop"];  
  
    // Removing the specified element from the array  
    var spliced = arr.splice(1, 1);  
    document.write("Removed element: " + spliced + "<br>");  
    document.write("Remaining elements: " + arr);  
}  
func();  
</script>                     

Output:

Removed element: splice
Remaining elements: shift, filter, pop

Example 2: Using the value of splice method to remove elements from a JavaScript array.

<script> 
  
// JavaScript code to illustrate splice() function  
function func() { 
    var arr = ["shift", "splice", "filter", "pop"]; 
  
    // Removing the specified element by value from the array  
    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { 
        if (arr[i] === "splice") { 
            var spliced = arr.splice(i, 1); 
            document.write("Removed element: " + spliced + "<br>"); 
            document.write("Remaining elements: " + arr); 
        } 
    } 
} 
func();  
</script>                 

Output:

Removed element: splice
Remaining elements: shift, filter, pop

Example 3: Using the splice method to remove each elements from a JavaScript array.

<script>  
// Declare and initialize array 
var array = ["pop", "splice", "filter", "shift"] 
  
document.write("Original array: " + array + "<br>") 
  
// Making the length of array to 0 by using splice method 
array.splice(0, array.length); 
document.write("Empty array: " + array ) 
</script> 

Output:

Original array: pop, splice, filter, shift
Empty array:

Remove Array elements by using filter() method: This method is used to create a new array from a given array consisting of only those elements from the given array which satisfy a condition set by the argument function. To remove elements by filter() method you can specify the elements in different ways.

Example: Use the value of filter method to remove elements from a JavaScript array.

<script>  
  
// JavaScript to illustrate filter() method 
function isPositive( value ) {  
    return value > 0;  
}  
  
function func() {  
    var filtered = [101, 98, 12, -1, 848].filter( isPositive );  
    document.write("Positive elements in array: " + filtered);  
}  
func();  
</script> 

Output:

Positive elements in array: 101, 98, 12, 848

Remove Array elements by using Remove Method: Creating a remove method using filter method to remove elements from a JavaScript array. This methods works in reverse order.

Example:

<script>  
  
// Declare and initialize an array 
var array = ["lowdash", "remove", "delete", "reset"] 
  
// Using filter method to create a remove method 
function arrayRemove(arr, value) { 
  
   return arr.filter(function(geeks){ 
       return geeks != value; 
   }); 
  
} 
  
var result = arrayRemove(array, "delete"); 
document.write("Remaining elements: " + result) 
</script>  

Output:

Remaining elements: lowdash, remove, reset

Remove Array elements by Delete Operator: Use the delete operator to remove elements from a JavaScript array.

Example:

<script>  
  
// Declare and initialize an array 
var array = ["lowdash", "remove", "delete", "reset"] 
  
// Delete element at index 2 
var deleted = delete array[2];  
  
document.write("Removed: " + deleted + "<br>"); 
document.write("Remaining elements: " + array); 
</script>          

Output:

Removed: true
Remaining elements: lowdash, remove,,reset

Remove Array elements by Clear and Reset Operator: Use clear and reset operator to remove elements from a JavaScript array.

Example 1:

<script>  
  
// Declare and initialize an array 
var array = ["lowdash", "remove", "delete", "reset"] 
  
// Sorting array in another array 
var arraygeeks = array 
  
// Delete each element of array 
array = [] 
document.write("Empty array: " + array + "<br>") 
document.write("Original array: " + arraygeeks) 
  
</script>                 

Output:

Empty array:
Original array: lowdash, remove, delete, reset

Example 2:

<script>  
  
// Declare and initialize an array 
var array = ["lowdash", "remove", "delete", "reset"] 
  
document.write("Original array: " + array + "<br>") 
  
// Making the array length to 0 
array.length = 0; 
document.write("Empty array: " + array ) 
  
</script>                                 

Output:

Original array: lowdash, remove, delete, reset
Empty array:

Remove Array elements by lowdash library: Use the lowdash library to remove elements from a JavaScript array. To use lowdash library you need to install it locally on your system.

Example:

<script type="text/javascript" src= 
"//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/0.10.0/lodash.min.js"> 
  
// Declare and initialize an array 
var array = [101, 98, 12, -1, 848]; 
var evens= _.remove(array, function(n) { 
    return n % 2 == 0; 
}); 
  
console.log("odd elements: " + array + "<br>"); 
console.log("even elements: " + evens); 
  
</script>                     

Output:

odd elements: 101, -1
even elements: 98, 12, 848

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