How to remove single marker using Google Maps V2?

Question

The only method that removes markers from map is clear. However it clears all markers from the map.

I want to remove only single marker or group of markers.

How could i achieve this?

it would probable be something like `marker.setMap(null);` – shorif2000 Dec 04 '12 at 11:59 — shorif2000, Dec 04 '12 at 11:59
Invalidate map again without selected single marker – Yahor10 Dec 04 '12 at 11:59 — Yahor10, Dec 04 '12 at 11:59
there is no invalidate method in API v2 – Alexey Zakharov Dec 04 '12 at 12:19 — Alexey Zakharov, Dec 04 '12 at 12:19

score 211 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 24 '14 at 08:26

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After adding the marker it is possible to obtain its reference:

Marker marker = map.addMarker(..);

The Marker class has a remove method:

edited Oct 24 '14 at 08:26

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answered Dec 04 '12 at 12:13

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in my case `marker.remove()` is not working :( – Muhammad Babar May 31 '13 at 11:37

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '13 at 22:16

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I got the same problem, so to fix it I'm doing

mMap = super.getMap();
map.clear();

answered Mar 07 '13 at 22:16

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This removes all overlays of the map not a single marker as the question specifies. As stated in the docs: `public final void clear () Removes all markers, polylines, polygons, overlays, etc from the map.`[link](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/maps/GoogleMap#clear()) – clauziere Aug 07 '13 at 19:48
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Maybe clean and simple but not the right answer. Right answer is above. Marker.remove() – Cocorico Mar 13 '15 at 15:55
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It is never the right answer. It simply removes all markers, not a given one. – Tom Apr 13 '17 at 10:32

score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 19:09

I wrote up a blog post on how to remove Markers when they are moved off the screen, and adding them again when they are on the screen. This is useful if you are trying to add thousands of Markers to a GoogleMap at the same time but don't want the performance to suffer as much as it would if they are all on the map at the same time. It uses the same method you detailed (calling remove() on a Marker).

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