Drop First column

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Tags: #pandas #snippet #datacleaning #operations
Author: Florent Ravenel​
Description: This notebook shows how to drop First Column in Pandas DataFrame (3 Methods).
Reference: https://www.statology.org/pandas-drop-first-column/
Input
Import libraries
import pandas as pd
Setup DataFrame
# create DataFrame
df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "team": ["A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B"],
        "points": [11, 7, 8, 10, 13, 13],
        "assists": [5, 7, 7, 9, 12, 9],
        "rebounds": [11, 8, 10, 6, 6, 5],
    }
)
df
Model
Method 1: Use drop
The following code shows how to use the drop() function to drop the first column of the pandas DataFrame.
# Copy init dataframe
df1 = df.copy()
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df1 = df1.drop(columns=df1.columns[0], axis=1)
print(f"✅ Column '{df1.columns[0]}' removed from DataFrame.")
df1
Method 2: Use iloc
The following code shows how to use the iloc function to drop the first column of the pandas DataFrame.
# Copy init dataframe
df2 = df.copy()
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df2 = df2.iloc[:, 1:]
print(f"✅ Column '{df2.columns[0]}' removed from DataFrame.")
df2
Method 3: Use del
The following code shows how to use the del function to drop the first column of the pandas DataFrame.
# Copy init dataframe
df3 = df.copy()
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del df3[df3.columns[0]]
print(f"✅ Column '{df3.columns[0]}' removed from DataFrame.")
df3
Output
Display Result
print("✅ Each method produces the same result")

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