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<h1 align="center">LinkedList | SET 3 (DELETING A NODE) Source</h1>
[What It Is](#what-it-is)
## What It Is
We have discussed **[Linked List Introduction](https://github.com/Dentrax/Data-Structures-with-Go/tree/master/linked-list-1-introduction)** and **[Linked List Insertion](https://github.com/Dentrax/Data-Structures-with-Go/tree/master/linked-list-2-inserting-a-node)** in previous posts on singly linked list.
Let us formulate the problem statement to understand the deletion process. Given a `key`, delete the first occurrence of this key in linked list.
To delete a node from linked list, we need to do following steps.
* 1) Find previous node of the node to be deleted.
* 2) Changed next of previous node.
* 3) Free memory for the node to be deleted.
> * Input: Linked List = `[7 -> 1 -> 3 -> 2]`
> * Output: Created Linked List `[2 -> 3 -> 1 -> 7]`
> * Output: Linked List after Deletion of 1: `[2 -> 3 -> 7]`
> * Input: Position = 1, Linked List = `[8 -> 2 -> 3 -> 1 -> 7]`
> * Output: Linked List = `[8 -> 3 -> 1 -> 7]`
> * Input: Position = 0, Linked List = `[8 -> 2 -> 3 -> 1 -> 7]`
> * Output: Linked List = `[2 -> 3 -> 1 -> 7]`
**Algorithm Complexity**
| Complexity | Notation |
| ----------------- |:---------:|
| `Time Complexity` | `O(1)` |