Pandas DataFrame droplevel() Method

Example

Drop the second row (index 1) of the DataFrame:

import pandas as pd

data = {
"name": ["Bill", "Bob", "Betty"],
"age": [50, 50, 30],
"qualified": [True, False, False]
}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)

newdf = df.drop(1)

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Definition and Usage

The droplevel() method removes the specified rows or columns.

You can specify the row or column by using the index or label.

Syntax

dataframe.droplevel(level, axis)

Parameters

The axis parameter is a keyword argument.

Parameter	Value	Description
level		Required, a Number, String, or List specifying the level to drop
axis	`0 1 'index' 'columns`	Optional, default 0. Specifies the axis to remove from