Java – Remove specific elements from LinkedList example

In the last post we shared a tutorial on how to remove a element from specific index in LinkedList. Here we will learn how to remove a specific element from the LinkedList.

Example

We will be using remove(Object o) method to perform this remove. More about this method is as follows:

public boolean remove(Object o): Removes the first occurrence of the specified element from this list, if it is present. If this list does not contain the element, it is unchanged. Returns true if this list contained the specified element (or equivalently, if this list changed as a result of the call).

import java.util.LinkedList;
public class RemoveExample {
 
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    // Create a LinkedList
    LinkedList<String> linkedlist = new LinkedList<String>();
 
    // Add elements to LinkedList
    linkedlist.add("Item1");
    linkedlist.add("Item2");
    linkedlist.add("Item3");
    linkedlist.add("Item4");
    linkedlist.add("Item5");
 
    // Displaying Elements before remove
    System.out.println("Before Remove:");
    for(String str: linkedlist){
       System.out.println(str);
    }
 
    // Removing "Item4" from the list
    linkedlist.remove("Item4");

    // LinkedList elements after remove
    System.out.println("\nAfter Remove:");
    for(String str2: linkedlist){
       System.out.println(str2);
    }
 }
}

Output:

Before Remove:
Item1
Item2
Item3
Item4
Item5

After Remove:
Item1
Item2
Item3
Item5