Dropping Multiple Columns from a data frame using Python

Question

I know how to drop columns from a data frame using Python. But for my problem the data set is vast, the columns I want to drop are grouped together or are basically singular

Answer 1

To delete multiple columns at the same time in pandas, you could specify the column names as shown below. The option inplace=True is needed if one wants the change affected column in the same dataframe. Otherwise remove it.

flight_data_copy.drop(['TailNum', 'OriginStateFips', 
                'DestStateFips', 'Diverted'], axis=1, inplace=True)

Source: Python Pandas - Deleting multiple series from a data frame in one command