please note above column plus statement will not update original sheet instanceas pyexcel user demandedsheet pyexcel sheet++column column +==========+========== ++ ++ ++soto change orginal sheet instanceyou can elect to dosheet column +sheet here is what you will getsheet pyexcel sheet++++column column column column +==========+==========+==========+========== ++++ ++++ ++++cherry pick some columns to be removed suppose you have the following datadata [' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '][ , , , , , , , ]sheet pyexcel sheet(dataname_columns_by_row= sheet pyexcel sheet+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- +===+===+===+===+===+===+===+=== +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---and you want to remove columns named as' '' ' ''hthis is how you do itdel sheet column[' '' '' '' 'sheet pyexcel sheet+---+---+---+--- (continues on next page support the project