How can I remove some columns in pdf export in angular js ui Grid

There is a gridOption to do exactly that: exporterSuppressColumns

I edited the plunker from the UI Grid documentation to demonstrate hiding the "Gender" column in the exported PDF:http://plnkr.co/edit/89ZVlPZcQbHYzgX5l4yq?p=preview

Now whether you select export "all" or export "visible", you will never see the gender column in the output.

  $scope.gridOptions = {columnDefs: [  { field: 'name',visible:true },  { field: 'gender', cellFilter: 'mapGender', exporterPdfAlign: 'right', visible:true, enableHiding: true },  { field: 'company', visible: false }],exporterSuppressColumns: [ 'gender' ],

The documentation is here: http://ui-grid.info/docs/#/api/ui.grid.exporter.api:GridOptions

exporterSuppressExport: true

Example

{ name: 'Description', enableCellEdit: true, cellTemplate: '<div class="ui-grid-cell-contents"><div ng-class="{\'viewr-dirty\' : row.inlineEdit.entity[col.field].isValueChanged }">{{row.entity[col.field]}}</div></div>'},

See here for more info http://ui-grid.info/docs/#/api/ui.grid.exporter.api:ColumnDef

Now here is a column that contains a button and needs to be excluded from the export

{name: null,exporterSuppressExport: true,field: "fake",cellTemplate: '<div class="tac"><a class="btn btn-red btn-xs ml5" ng-if="!row.inlineEdit.isEditModeOn" ng-click="grid.appScope.vm.deleteRow(row, $event)"><i class="fa fa-trash"><md-tooltip md-direction="left">delete</md-tooltip></i></a></div>',enableCellEdit: false,enableFiltering: false,enableSorting: false,showSortMenu: false,enableColumnMenu: false,width: 50,},