import pandas as pd filenameStr = 'test.csv' csv = pd.read_csv(filenameStr, encoding='ISO-8859-1', dtype=str, usecols=['project path', 'visits']) print(len(csv)) project_path = csv['project path'] delete_index_list = [] for index, project in enumerate(project_path): if '#' in project: delete_index_list.append(index) for index in delete_index_list: project_path[index] = project_path[index][:project_path[index].find('#')] csv.to_csv('test.csv', index=False) print(len(csv))