how to delete item from list python

1myList.remove(item) # Removes first instance of "item" from myList
2myList.pop(i) # Removes and returns item at myList[i]

1# animals list
2animals = ['cat', 'dog', 'dog', 'guinea pig', 'dog']
3
4# 'dog' is removed
5animals.remove('dog')
6
7# Updated animals list
8print('Updated animals list: ', animals)

1# Below are examples of 'remove', 'del', and 'pop' 
2#   methods of removing from a python list
3""" 'remove' removes the first matching value, not a specific index: """
4>>> a = [0, 2, 3, 2]
5>>> a.remove(2)
6>>> a
7[0, 3, 2]
8
9""" 'del' removes the item at a specific index: """
10>>> a = [9, 8, 7, 6]
11>>> del a[1]
12>>> a
13[9, 7, 6]
14
15""" 'pop' removes the item at a specific index and returns it. """
16>>> a = [4, 3, 5]
17>>> a.pop(1)
183
19>>> a
20[4, 5]
21
22""" Their error modes are different too: """
23>>> a = [4, 5, 6]
24>>> a.remove(7)
25Traceback (most recent call last):
26  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
27ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list
28>>> del a[7]
29Traceback (most recent call last):
30  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
31IndexError: list assignment index out of range
32>>> a.pop(7)
33Traceback (most recent call last):
34  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
35IndexError: pop index out of range

1>>> a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
2>>> a.remove('b')
3>>> print a
4['a', 'c', 'd']

1>>> a = [0, 2, 3, 2]
2>>> a.remove(2)
3>>> a
4[0, 3, 2]

1names = ['Boris', 'Steve', 'Phil', 'Archie']
2names.pop(0) #removes Boris
3names.remove('Steve') #removes Steve