pandas.CategoricalIndex.remove_categories

CategoricalIndex.remove_categories(self, *args, **kwargs)

Remove the specified categories.

removals must be included in the old categories. Values which were in the removed categories will be set to NaN

Parameters:

removals : category or list of categories

The categories which should be removed.

inplace : bool, default False

Whether or not to remove the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with removed categories.

Returns:

cat : Categorical with removed categories or None if inplace.

Raises:

ValueError

If the removals are not contained in the categories

See also

rename_categories

reorder_categories

add_categories

remove_unused_categories

set_categories