Answers for "how to delete item from array based on value"

Javascript remove array item by value

var colors = ["red","blue","car","green"];
var carIndex = colors.indexOf("car");//get  "car" index
//remove car from the colors array
colors.splice(carIndex, 1); // colors = ["red","blue","green"]

js remove item from array by value

var arr = ['bill', 'is', 'not', 'lame'];

arr.splice(output_items.indexOf('not'), 1);

console.log(arr) //returns ['bill', 'is', 'lame']