pandas.DataFrame.droplevel

DataFrame.droplevel(level, axis=0)

Return Series/DataFrame with requested index / column level(s) removed.

Parameters:

levelint, str, or list-like

If a string is given, must be the name of a level If list-like, elements must be names or positional indexes of levels.

axis{0 or ‘index’, 1 or ‘columns’}, default 0

Axis along which the level(s) is removed:

• 0 or ‘index’: remove level(s) in column.

• 1 or ‘columns’: remove level(s) in row.

For Series this parameter is unused and defaults to 0.

Returns:

Series/DataFrame

Series/DataFrame with requested index / column level(s) removed.

See also

DataFrame.replace

Replace values given in to_replace with value.

DataFrame.pivot

Return reshaped DataFrame organized by given index / column values.

Examples

>>> df = (
...     pd.DataFrame([[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12]])
...     .set_index([0, 1])
...     .rename_axis(["a", "b"])
... )

>>> df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(
...     [("c", "e"), ("d", "f")], names=["level_1", "level_2"]
... )

>>> df
level_1   c   d
level_2   e   f
a b
1 2      3   4
5 6      7   8
9 10    11  12

>>> df.droplevel("a")
level_1   c   d
level_2   e   f
b
2        3   4
6        7   8
10      11  12

>>> df.droplevel("level_2", axis=1)
level_1   c   d
a b
1 2      3   4
5 6      7   8
9 10    11  12