"del" allows you to delete elements from a list for example...
# Makes list, note in python when addressing an element, the first element is 0, the second is 1.
a = [1,2,3,4]
# [0,1,2,3] shows how python "reads" the location.
# Prints elements in list a
print a
# deletes the "first" element which is element 0
del a[0]
# prints the elements in list a, minus the original 1 value in the 0 place.
print a
Lots more specifics at
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex34.html