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**Dictionaries** in Python are used to store information that comes in key-value pairs.
A dictionary contains a key and its value.

## Example

 Each country ( key) has its capital (value), and in this context, the different countries can be a key, whereas their respective capitals are their values.

Let's take a look at the code below:
```
countries={‘Ghana’: ’Accra’}
print(countries)
```
### Code explanation 

We create a dictionary named `countries`, where `Ghana` is the key, and `Accra` is the value.

### Code output

```
{'Ghana': 'Accra'}
```

The code returns a dictionary as expected.
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## How to remove items from a dictionary
We can use the following methods to remove items from a dictionary in Python:
* The ``del`` keyword
* The ``clear()`` method
* The ``pop()`` method
* The `popitem()` method

### The ``del`` keyword
The **``del``** keyword method uses the keyword from the dictionary to remove an item.

### Example


countries={"Ghana": "Accra", "China": "Beijing"}
# using the del keyword
del countries["China"]
print(countries)


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### The ``clear()`` method
The **``clear()``** method clears all the items in the dictionary.

### Example


countries={"Ghana": "Accra", "China": "Beijing"}
# using the clear() method
countries.clear()
print(countries)


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### The ``pop()`` method
The **`pop`** method uses the keyword from the given dictionary to remove an item from that dictionary. The `pop` method is similar to the `del` keyword method because they both use the keyword from the dictionary.
### Example


countries={"Ghana": "Accra", "China": "Beijing"}
# using the pop() method
countries.pop("China")
print(countries)


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### The `popitem()` method
The **``popitem()``** removes the last item added to the dictionary.
### Example


countries={"Ghana": "Accra", "China": "Beijing"}
# using the clear() method
countries.popitem()
print(countries)


How to remove items from a dictionary in Python

Use del, clear(), pop(), or popitem() methods to remove items from a Python dictionary.

How to remove items from a dictionary in Python

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How to remove items from a dictionary

The `del` keyword

Example

The `clear()` method

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The `pop()` method

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The `popitem()` method

Example

How to remove items from a dictionary in Python

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Code explanation

Code output

How to remove items from a dictionary

The del keyword

Example

The clear() method

Example

The pop() method

Example

The popitem() method

Example

The `del` keyword

The `clear()` method

The `pop()` method

The `popitem()` method