pandas drop columns by index
# Let df be a dataframe
# Let new_df be a dataframe after dropping a column
new_df = df.drop(labels='column_name', axis=1)
# Or if you don't want to change the name of the dataframe
df = df.drop(labels='column_name', axis=1)
# Or to remove several columns
df = df.drop(['list_of_column_names'], axis=1)
# axis=0 for 'rows' and axis=1 for columns
>>> midx = pd.MultiIndex(levels=[['lama', 'cow', 'falcon'],
... ['speed', 'weight', 'length']],
... codes=[[0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2],
... [0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2]])
>>> df = pd.DataFrame(index=midx, columns=['big', 'small'],
... data=[[45, 30], [200, 100], [1.5, 1], [30, 20],
... [250, 150], [1.5, 0.8], [320, 250],
... [1, 0.8], [0.3, 0.2]])
>>> df
big small
lama speed 45.0 30.0
weight 200.0 100.0
length 1.5 1.0
cow speed 30.0 20.0
weight 250.0 150.0
length 1.5 0.8
falcon speed 320.0 250.0
weight 1.0 0.8
length 0.3 0.2