how to delete multiple columns in one pass

Question

How can I delete multiple columns in one pass? I know this works

del df['A']
del df['B']

but

del df[['A', 'B']]

doesn't.

using `drop` method? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pystatsmodels/LPcCJem5vDE — dm03514, Jul 24 '13 at 15:42
I'd just like to add that the del statement won't ever work to delete multiple values because the magic method __delitem__(self, key) only takes one argument. — Blaine, Jul 24 '13 at 15:54
Possible duplicate of [Deleting multiple columns in Pandas](https://stackoverflow.com/q/28538536/1278112) — Shihe Zhang, Nov 06 '17 at 05:39
You will notice that I asked this question in 2013, two years before the referenced question/answer occurred. Please find something better to do. — highpost, Nov 06 '17 at 18:59

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '13 at 15:43

13

You can use .drop:

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

answered Jul 24 '13 at 15:43

Jon Clements

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