---
title: "remove(_:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "foundation/nsmutablearray/remove(_:)"
---

# remove(_:)

Removes all occurrences in the array of a given object.

## Declaration

```swift
func remove(_ anObject: Any)
```

## Parameters

- `anObject`: The object to remove from the array.

## Discussion

Discussion This method determines a match by comparing anObject to the objects in the receiver using the isEqual: method. If the array does not contain anObject, the method has no effect (although it does incur the overhead of searching the contents).

## See Also

### Removing Objects

- [removeAllObjects()](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeallobjects().md)
- [removeLastObject()](foundation/nsmutablearray/removelastobject().md)
- [remove(_:in:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/remove(_:in:).md)
- [removeObject(at:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeobject(at:).md)
- [removeObjects(at:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeobjects(at:).md)
- [removeObject(identicalTo:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeobject(identicalto:).md)
- [removeObject(identicalTo:in:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeobject(identicalto:in:).md)
- [removeObjects(fromIndices:numIndices:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeobjects(fromindices:numindices:).md)
- [removeObjects(in:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeobjects(in:)-4yb26.md)
- [removeObjects(in:)](foundation/nsmutablearray/removeobjects(in:)-1udmn.md)