How to hide a jqgrid column dynamically

Question

I am implementing jqgrid in my asp.net MVC web application.

In my grid i have two columns edit and delete. The delete should be visible only if the user is logged as

Answer 1

Newer API

jQuery("#list").jqGrid('hideCol',["ColumnName","ColumnName2"]);

Older API

$("#list").hideCol("ColumnName")