to remove first and last element in array

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fruits.shift();  // Removes the first element from an array and returns only that element.
fruits.pop();    // Removes the last element from an array and returns only that element. 

See all methods for an Array.

Creates a 1 level deep copy.

fruits.slice(1, -1)

Let go of the original array.

Thanks to @Tim for pointing out the spelling errata.

var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
var newFruits = fruits.slice(1, -1);
console.log(newFruits); //  ["Orange", "Apple"];

Here, -1 denotes the last element in an array and 1 denotes the second element.

I use splice method.

fruits.splice(0, 1); // Removes first array element

var lastElementIndex = fruits.length-1; // Gets last element index

fruits.splice(lastElementIndex, 1); // Removes last array element

To remove last element also you can do it this way:

fruits.splice(-1, 1);

See Remove last item from array to see more comments about it.

push() adds a new element to the end of an array.
pop() removes an element from the end of an array.

unshift() adds a new element to the beginning of an array.
shift() removes an element from the beginning of an array.

To remove first element from an array arr , use arr.shift()
To remove last element from an array arr , use arr.pop()