Last Updated : 17 Mar 2025

Python discard() method discards or remove the elememt from the set. This method does not return anything, even no error if the elememt is not present. It takes a parameter which is an elememt to be removed. The method signature is given below.

Signature

Parameters

elem: element to be deleted.

Return

It returns None.

Let's see some examples of discard() method to understand it's functionality.

Python Set discard() Method Example 1

A simple example to use discard method to remove an element.

Output:

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
{1, 3, 4, 5}

Python Set discard() Method Example 2

If the element is not present it returns none to the caller method.

Output:

Python Set discard() Method Example 3

An example where we are implementing this method into a program. It removes all odds elements.

Output: