# ee.Dictionary.remove

Returns a dictionary with the specified keys removed.

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| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
| `Dictionary.remove(selectors, *ignoreMissing*)` | Dictionary |

| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| this: `dictionary` | Dictionary |   |
| `selectors` | List | A list of keys names or regular expressions of key names to remove. |
| `ignoreMissing` | Boolean, default: false | Ignore selectors that don't match at least 1 key. |

## Examples

### Code Editor (JavaScript)

```javascript
// A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image).
var dict = ee.Dictionary({
  B1: 182,
  B2: 219,
  B3: 443
});

print('Dictionary with selected keys removed', dict.remove(['B2', 'B3']));

print('Set ignoreMissing as true to avoid an unmatched key error',
      dict.remove({selectors: ['B2', 'B3', 'Region'], ignoreMissing: true}));
```
Python setup

See the [Python Environment](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using
`geemap` for interactive development.

```python
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
```

### Colab (Python)

```python
# A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image).
dic = ee.Dictionary({
    'B1': 182,
    'B2': 219,
    'B3': 443
})

display('Dictionary with selected keys removed:',
        dic.remove(['B2', 'B3']))

dic_subset = dic.remove(**{'selectors': ['B2', 'B3', 'Region'],
                          'ignoreMissing': True})
display('Set ignoreMissing as true to avoid an unmatched key error:',
        dic_subset)
```