How to remove a contour inside contour in Python OpenCV?

Question

OpenCV in Python provides the following code:

regions, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(binary_image, cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)


for region in reg         


        

Answer 1

img_output, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(blank_image_firstImage, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

This removes the child contour