remove item from stored array in angular 2

You can't use delete to remove an item from an array. This is only used to remove a property from an object.

You should use splice to remove an element from an array:

deleteMsg(msg:string) {
    const index: number = this.data.indexOf(msg);
    if (index !== -1) {
        this.data.splice(index, 1);
    }        
}

I think the Angular 2 way of doing this is the filter method:

this.data = this.data.filter(item => item !== data_item);

where data_item is the item that should be deleted

Don't use delete to remove an item from array and use splice() instead.

this.data.splice(this.data.indexOf(msg), 1);

See a similar question: How do I remove a particular element from an array in JavaScript?

Note, that TypeScript is a superset of ES6 (arrays are the same in both TypeScript and JavaScript) so feel free to look for JavaScript solutions even when working with TypeScript.

<tbody *ngFor="let emp of $emps;let i=index">

<button (click)="deleteEmployee(i)">Delete</button></td>

and

deleteEmployee(i)
{
  this.$emps.splice(i,1);
}

You can use like this:

removeDepartment(name: string): void {
    this.departments = this.departments.filter(item => item != name);
  }