Python Remove Dictionary Items

Introduction

Removing items from a Python dictionary means deleting key-value pairs. Python provides multiple ways to remove dictionary items including del statement, pop(), popitem(), and clear() methods. This tutorial explains each method with examples.

Python dictionary से आइटम हटाने का मतलब key-value जोड़े को डिलीट करना है। Python में आइटम हटाने के लिए कई तरीके हैं जैसे del स्टेटमेंट, pop(), popitem(), और clear() मेथड्स। इस ट्यूटोरियल में हम हर एक तरीके को उदाहरणों के साथ समझेंगे।

Methods to Remove Dictionary Items

del Statement - Delete a key-value pair by key
pop(key[, default]) - Remove a key and return its value
popitem() - Remove and return last inserted key-value pair
clear() - Remove all items from dictionary

Example 1: Remove Item Using del

my_dict = {'name': 'Ravi', 'age': 30, 'city': 'Delhi'}
del my_dict['age']
print(my_dict)

Use del statement to remove key 'age' and its value.

Output:

{'name': 'Ravi', 'city': 'Delhi'}

Example 2: Remove Item Using pop()

my_dict = {'name': 'Ravi', 'age': 30}
age = my_dict.pop('age')
print(age)
print(my_dict)

pop('age') removes 'age' key and returns its value.

Output:

30
{'name': 'Ravi'}

Example 3: Using pop() with Default Value

my_dict = {'name': 'Ravi'}
age = my_dict.pop('age', 'Not Found')
print(age)
print(my_dict)

If key doesn't exist, pop returns default value instead of error.

Output:

Not Found
{'name': 'Ravi'}

Example 4: Remove Last Item Using popitem()

my_dict = {'name': 'Ravi', 'age': 30}
item = my_dict.popitem()
print(item)
print(my_dict)

popitem() removes last inserted key-value pair and returns it as a tuple.

Output:

('age', 30)
{'name': 'Ravi'}

Example 5: Remove All Items Using clear()

my_dict = {'name': 'Ravi', 'age': 30}
my_dict.clear()
print(my_dict)

clear() removes all items, leaving an empty dictionary.

Output:

{}