$(document).ready(function() {

    var arr1=["dog","dog","fish","cat","cat","fish","apple","orange"]

    var arr2=["cat","fish","mango","apple"]

    var uniquevalue=[];
    var seconduniquevalue=[];
    var finalarray=[];

    $.each(arr1,function(key,value){

       if($.inArray (value,uniquevalue) === -1)
       {
           uniquevalue.push(value)

       }

    });

     $.each(arr2,function(key,value){

       if($.inArray (value,seconduniquevalue) === -1)
       {
           seconduniquevalue.push(value)

       }

    });

    $.each(uniquevalue,function(ikey,ivalue){

        $.each(seconduniquevalue,function(ukey,uvalue){

            if( ivalue == uvalue)

            {
                finalarray.push(ivalue);
            }   

        });

    });
    alert(finalarray);
});

This is probably one of the fastest way to remove permanently the duplicates from an array 10x times faster than the most functions here.& 78x faster in safari

function toUnique(a,b,c){               //array,placeholder,placeholder
 b=a.length;while(c=--b)while(c--)a[b]!==a[c]||a.splice(c,1)
}

1. Test: http://jsperf.com/wgu
2. Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/46S7g/
3. More: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25082874/2450730

if you can't read the code above ask, read a javascript book or here are some explainations about shorter code. https://stackoverflow.com/a/21353032/2450730

Another method of doing this without writing much code is using the ES5 Object.keys-method:

var arrayWithDuplicates = ['a','b','c','d','a','c'],
    deduper = {};
arrayWithDuplicates.forEach(function (item) {
    deduper[item] = null;
});
var dedupedArray = Object.keys(deduper); // ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

Extracted in a function

function removeDuplicates (arr) {
    var deduper = {}
    arr.forEach(function (item) {
        deduper[item] = null;
    });
    return Object.keys(deduper);
}

Here is a simple answer to the question.

var names = ["Alex","Tony","James","Suzane", "Marie", "Laurence", "Alex", "Suzane", "Marie", "Marie", "James", "Tony", "Alex"];
var uniqueNames = [];

    for(var i in names){
        if(uniqueNames.indexOf(names[i]) === -1){
            uniqueNames.push(names[i]);
        }
    }

In ECMAScript 6 (aka ECMAScript 2015), Set can be used to filter out duplicates. Then it can be converted back to an array using the spread operator.

var names = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"],
    unique = [...new Set(names)];

The easiest way to remove string duplicates is to use associative array and then iterate over the associative array to make the list/array back.

Like below:

var toHash = [];
var toList = [];

// add from ur data list to hash
$(data.pointsToList).each(function(index, Element) {
    toHash[Element.nameTo]= Element.nameTo;
});

// now convert hash to array
// don't forget the "hasownproperty" else u will get random results 
for (var key in toHash)  {
    if (toHash.hasOwnProperty(key)) { 
      toList.push(toHash[key]);
   }
}

Voila, now duplicates are gone!

The simplest way to remove a duplicate is to do a for loop and compare the elements that are not the same and push them into the new array

 var array = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];

 var removeDublicate = function(arr){
 var result = []
 var sort_arr = arr.sort() //=> optional
 for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
        if(arr[ i + 1] !== arr[i] ){
            result.push(arr[i])
        }
 };
  return result
}  
console.log(removeDublicate(array))
==>  ["Adam", "Carl", "Jenny", "Matt", "Mike", "Nancy"]

Go for this one:

var uniqueArray = duplicateArray.filter(function(elem, pos) {
    return duplicateArray.indexOf(elem) == pos;
}); 

Now uniqueArray contains no duplicates.

The following script returns a new array containing only unique values. It works on string and numbers. No requirement for additional libraries only vanilla JS.

Browser support:

Feature Chrome  Firefox (Gecko)     Internet Explorer   Opera   Safari
Basic support   (Yes)   1.5 (1.8)   9                   (Yes)   (Yes)

https://jsfiddle.net/fzmcgcxv/3/

var duplicates = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl","Mike","Mike","Nancy","Carl"]; 
var unique = duplicates.filter(function(elem, pos) {
    return duplicates.indexOf(elem) == pos;
  }); 
alert(unique);

I know Im a little late, but here is another option using jinqJs

See Fiddle

var result = jinqJs().from(["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"]).distinct().select();

If by any chance you were using

D3.js

You could do

d3.set(["foo", "bar", "foo", "baz"]).values() ==> ["foo", "bar", "baz"]

https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Arrays#set_values

Nested loop method for removing duplicates in array and preserving original order of elements.

var array = [1, 3, 2, 1, [5], 2, [4]]; // INPUT

var element = 0;
var decrement = array.length - 1;
while(element < array.length) {
  while(element < decrement) {
    if (array[element] === array[decrement]) {
      array.splice(decrement, 1);
      decrement--;
    } else {
      decrement--;
    }
  }
  decrement = array.length - 1;
  element++;
}

console.log(array);// [1, 3, 2, [5], [4]]

Explanation: Inner loop compares first element of array with all other elements starting with element at highest index. Decrementing towards the first element a duplicate is spliced from the array.

When inner loop is finished the outer loop increments to the next element for comparison and resets the new length of the array.

Vanilla JS solutions with complexity of O(n) (fastest possible for this problem). Modify the hashFunction to distinguish the objects (e.g. 1 and "1") if needed. The first solution avoids hidden loops (common in functions provided by Array).

var dedupe = function(a) 
{
    var hash={},ret=[];
    var hashFunction = function(v) { return ""+v; };
    var collect = function(h)
    {
        if(hash.hasOwnProperty(hashFunction(h)) == false) // O(1)
        {
            hash[hashFunction(h)]=1;
            ret.push(h); // should be O(1) for Arrays
            return;
        }
    };

    for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++) // this is a loop: O(n)
        collect(a[i]);
    //OR: a.forEach(collect); // this is a loop: O(n)

    return ret;
}

var dedupe = function(a) 
{
    var hash={};
    var isdupe = function(h)
    {
        if(hash.hasOwnProperty(h) == false) // O(1)
        {
            hash[h]=1;
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    };

    return a.filter(isdupe); // this is a loop: O(n)
}

https://jsfiddle.net/2w0k5tz8/

function remove_duplicates(array_){
    var ret_array = new Array();
    for (var a = array_.length - 1; a >= 0; a--) {
        for (var b = array_.length - 1; b >= 0; b--) {
            if(array_[a] == array_[b] && a != b){
                delete array_[b];
            }
        };
        if(array_[a] != undefined)
            ret_array.push(array_[a]);
    };
    return ret_array;
}

console.log(remove_duplicates(Array(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3)));

Loop through, remove duplicates, and create a clone array place holder because the array index will not be updated.

Loop backward for better performance ( your loop wont need to keep checking the length of your array)

The most concise way to remove duplicates from an array using native javascript functions is to use a sequence like below:

vals.sort().reduce(function(a, b){ if (b != a[0]) a.unshift(b); return a }, [])

there's no need for slice nor indexOf within the reduce function, like i've seen in other examples! it makes sense to use it along with a filter function though:

vals.filter(function(v, i, a){ return i == a.indexOf(v) })

Yet another ES6(2015) way of doing this that already works on a few browsers is:

Array.from(new Set(vals))

or even using the spread operator:

[...new Set(vals)]

cheers!

Vanilla JS: Remove duplicates using an Object like a Set

You can always try putting it into an object, and then iterating through its keys:

function remove_duplicates(arr) {
    var obj = {};
    var ret_arr = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
        obj[arr[i]] = true;
    }
    for (var key in obj) {
        ret_arr.push(key);
    }
    return ret_arr;
}

Vanilla JS: Remove duplicates by tracking already seen values (order-safe)

Or, for an order-safe version, use an object to store all previously seen values, and check values against it before before adding to an array.

function remove_duplicates_safe(arr) {
    var seen = {};
    var ret_arr = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
        if (!(arr[i] in seen)) {
            ret_arr.push(arr[i]);
            seen[arr[i]] = true;
        }
    }
    return ret_arr;

}

ECMAScript 6: Use the new Set data structure (order-safe)

ECMAScript 6 adds the new Set Data-Structure, which lets you store values of any type. Set.values returns elements in insertion order.

function remove_duplicates_es6(arr) {
    let s = new Set(arr);
    let it = s.values();
    return Array.from(it);
}

Example usage:

a = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];

b = remove_duplicates(a);
// b:
// ["Adam", "Carl", "Jenny", "Matt", "Mike", "Nancy"]

c = remove_duplicates_safe(a);
// c:
// ["Mike", "Matt", "Nancy", "Adam", "Jenny", "Carl"]

d = remove_duplicates_es6(a);
// d:
// ["Mike", "Matt", "Nancy", "Adam", "Jenny", "Carl"]

Quick and dirty using jQuery:

var names = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];
var uniqueNames = [];
$.each(names, function(i, el){
    if($.inArray(el, uniqueNames) === -1) uniqueNames.push(el);
});

Use Underscore.js

It's a library with a host of functions for manipulating arrays.

It's the tie to go along with jQuery's tux, and Backbone.js's suspenders.

_.uniq

_.uniq(array, [isSorted], [iterator]) Alias: unique
Produces a duplicate-free version of the array, using === to test object equality. If you know in advance that the array is sorted, passing true for isSorted will run a much faster algorithm. If you want to compute unique items based on a transformation, pass an iterator function.

Example

var names = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];

alert(_.uniq(names, false));

Note: Lo-Dash (an underscore competitor) also offers a comparable .uniq implementation.

The following is more than 80% faster than the jQuery method listed (see tests below). It is an answer from a similar question a few years ago. If I come across the person who originally proposed it I will post credit. Pure JS.

var temp = {};
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
  temp[array[i]] = true;
var r = [];
for (var k in temp)
  r.push(k);
return r;

My test case comparison: http://jsperf.com/remove-duplicate-array-tests

Here is another approach using jQuery,

function uniqueArray(array){
  if ($.isArray(array)){
    var dupes = {}; var len, i;
    for (i=0,len=array.length;i<len;i++){
      var test = array[i].toString();
      if (dupes[test]) { array.splice(i,1); len--; i--; } else { dupes[test] = true; }
    }
  } 
  else {
    if (window.console) console.log('Not passing an array to uniqueArray, returning whatever you sent it - not filtered!');
      return(array);
  }
  return(array);
}

Author: William Skidmore

function removeDuplicates(inputArray) {
            var outputArray=new Array();

            if(inputArray.length>0){
                jQuery.each(inputArray, function(index, value) {
                    if(jQuery.inArray(value, outputArray) == -1){
                        outputArray.push(value);
                    }
                });
            }           
            return outputArray;
        }

The top answers have complexity of O(n²), but this can be done with just O(n) by using an object as a hash:

function getDistinctArray(arr) {
    var dups = {};
    return arr.filter(function(el) {
        var hash = el.valueOf();
        var isDup = dups[hash];
        dups[hash] = true;
        return !isDup;
    });
}

This will work for strings, numbers, and dates. If your array contains objects, the above solution won't work because when coerced to a string, they will all have a value of "[object Object]" (or something similar) and that isn't suitable as a lookup value. You can get an O(n) implementation for objects by setting a flag on the object itself:

function getDistinctObjArray(arr) {
    var distinctArr = arr.filter(function(el) {
        var isDup = el.inArray;
        el.inArray = true;
        return !isDup;
    });
    distinctArr.forEach(function(el) {
        delete el.inArray;
    });
    return distinctArr;
}

2019 edit: Modern versions of JavaScript make this a much easier problem to solve. Using Set will work, regardless of whether your array contains objects, strings, numbers, or any other type.

function getDistinctArray(arr) {
    return [...new Set(arr)];
}

The implementation is so simple, defining a function is no longer warranted.

A single line version using array filter and indexOf function:

arr = arr.filter(function (value, index, array) { 
    return array.indexOf(value) === index;
});

If you don't want to include a whole library, you can use this one off to add a method that any array can use:

Array.prototype.uniq = function uniq() {
  return this.reduce(function(accum, cur) { 
    if (accum.indexOf(cur) === -1) accum.push(cur); 
    return accum; 
  }, [] );
}

["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"].uniq()

If you're creating the array yourself, you can save yourself a loop and the extra unique filter by doing the check as you're inserting the data;

var values = [];
$.each(collection, function() {
    var x = $(this).value;
    if (!$.inArray(x, values)) {
        values.push(x);
    }
});

Got tired of seeing all bad examples with for-loops or jQuery. Javascript has the perfect tools for this nowadays: sort, map and reduce.

Uniq reduce while keeping existing order

var names = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];

var uniq = names.reduce(function(a,b){
    if (a.indexOf(b) < 0 ) a.push(b);
    return a;
  },[]);

console.log(uniq, names) // [ 'Mike', 'Matt', 'Nancy', 'Adam', 'Jenny', 'Carl' ]

// one liner
return names.reduce(function(a,b){if(a.indexOf(b)<0)a.push(b);return a;},[]);

Faster uniq with sorting

There are probably faster ways but this one is pretty decent.

var uniq = names.slice() // slice makes copy of array before sorting it
  .sort(function(a,b){
    return a > b;
  })
  .reduce(function(a,b){
    if (a.slice(-1)[0] !== b) a.push(b); // slice(-1)[0] means last item in array without removing it (like .pop())
    return a;
  },[]); // this empty array becomes the starting value for a

// one liner
return names.slice().sort(function(a,b){return a > b}).reduce(function(a,b){if (a.slice(-1)[0] !== b) a.push(b);return a;},[]);

Update 2015: ES6 version:

In ES6 you have Sets and Spread which makes it very easy and performant to remove all duplicates:

var uniq = [ ...new Set(names) ]; // [ 'Mike', 'Matt', 'Nancy', 'Adam', 'Jenny', 'Carl' ]

Sort based on occurrence:

Someone asked about ordering the results based on how many unique names there are:

var names = ['Mike', 'Matt', 'Nancy', 'Adam', 'Jenny', 'Nancy', 'Carl']

var uniq = names
  .map((name) => {
    return {count: 1, name: name}
  })
  .reduce((a, b) => {
    a[b.name] = (a[b.name] || 0) + b.count
    return a
  }, {})

var sorted = Object.keys(uniq).sort((a, b) => uniq[a] < uniq[b])

console.log(sorted)

A slight modification of thg435's excellent answer to use a custom comparator:

function contains(array, obj) {
    for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
        if (isEqual(array[i], obj)) return true;
    }
    return false;
}
//comparator
function isEqual(obj1, obj2) {
    if (obj1.name == obj2.name) return true;
    return false;
}
function removeDuplicates(ary) {
    var arr = [];
    return ary.filter(function(x) {
        return !contains(arr, x) && arr.push(x);
    });
}

Simplest One I've run into so far. In es6.

 var names = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl", "Mike", "Nancy"]

 var noDupe = Array.from(new Set(names))

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Set

var lines = ["Mike", "Matt", "Nancy", "Adam", "Jenny", "Nancy", "Carl"];
var uniqueNames = [];

for(var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++)
{
    if(uniqueNames.indexOf(lines[i]) == -1)
        uniqueNames.push(lines[i]);
}
if(uniqueNames.indexOf(uniqueNames[uniqueNames.length-1])!= -1)
    uniqueNames.pop();
for(var i = 0; i < uniqueNames.length; i++)
{
    document.write(uniqueNames[i]);
      document.write("<br/>");
}

Quick and Easy using lodash - var array = ["12346","12347","12348","12349","12349"]; console.log(_.uniqWith(array,_.isEqual));

So the options is:

let a = [11,22,11,22];
let b = []


b = [ ...new Set(a) ];     
// b = [11, 22]

b = Array.from( new Set(a))   
// b = [11, 22]

b = a.filter((val,i)=>{
  return a.indexOf(val)==i
})                        
// b = [11, 22]

var uniqueCompnies = function(companyArray) {
    var arrayUniqueCompnies = [],
        found, x, y;

    for (x = 0; x < companyArray.length; x++) {
        found = undefined;
        for (y = 0; y < arrayUniqueCompnies.length; y++) {
            if (companyArray[x] === arrayUniqueCompnies[y]) {
                found = true;
                break;
            }
        }

        if ( ! found) {
            arrayUniqueCompnies.push(companyArray[x]);
        }
    }

    return arrayUniqueCompnies;
}

var arr = [
    "Adobe Systems Incorporated",
    "IBX",
    "IBX",
    "BlackRock, Inc.",
    "BlackRock, Inc.",
];

aLinks is a simple JavaScript array object. If any element exist before the elements on which the index shows that a duplicate record deleted. I repeat to cancel all duplicates. One passage array cancel more records.

var srt_ = 0;
var pos_ = 0;
do {
    var srt_ = 0;
    for (var i in aLinks) {
        pos_ = aLinks.indexOf(aLinks[i].valueOf(), 0);
        if (pos_ < i) {
            delete aLinks[i];
            srt_++;
        }
    }
} while (srt_ != 0);

A simple but effective technique, is to use the filter method in combination with the filter function(value, index){ return this.indexOf(value) == index }.

Code example :

var data = [2,3,4,5,5,4];
var filter = function(value, index){ return this.indexOf(value) == index };
var filteredData = data.filter(filter, data );

document.body.innerHTML = '<pre>' + JSON.stringify(filteredData, null, '\t') +  '</pre>';

See also this Fiddle.

Solution 1

Array.prototype.unique = function() {
    var a = [];
    for (i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
        var current = this[i];
        if (a.indexOf(current) < 0) a.push(current);
    }
    return a;
}

Solution 2 (using Set)

Array.prototype.unique = function() {
    return Array.from(new Set(this));
}

Test

var x=[1,2,3,3,2,1];
x.unique() //[1,2,3]

Performance

When I tested both implementation (with and without Set) for performance in chrome, I found that the one with Set is much much faster!

Array.prototype.unique1 = function() {
    var a = [];
    for (i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
        var current = this[i];
        if (a.indexOf(current) < 0) a.push(current);
    }
    return a;
}


Array.prototype.unique2 = function() {
    return Array.from(new Set(this));
}

var x=[];
for(var i=0;i<10000;i++){
	x.push("x"+i);x.push("x"+(i+1));
}

console.time("unique1");
console.log(x.unique1());
console.timeEnd("unique1");



console.time("unique2");
console.log(x.unique2());
console.timeEnd("unique2");

This solution uses a new array, and an object map inside the function. All it does is loop through the original array, and adds each integer into the object map.If while looping through the original array it comes across a repeat, the

`if (!unique[int])`

catches this because there is already a key property on the object with the same number. Thus, skipping over that number and not allowing it to be pushed into the new array.

    function removeRepeats(ints) {
      var unique = {}
      var newInts = []

      for (var i = 0; i < ints.length; i++) {
        var int = ints[i]

        if (!unique[int]) {
          unique[int] = 1
          newInts.push(int)
        }
      }
      return newInts
    }

    var example = [100, 100, 100, 100, 500]
    console.log(removeRepeats(example)) // prints [100, 500]

You can simply do it in JavaScript, with the help of the second - index - parameter of the filter method:

var a = [2,3,4,5,5,4];
a.filter(function(value, index){ return a.indexOf(value) == index });

or in short hand

a.filter((v,i) => a.indexOf(v) == i)

const numbers = [1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4];

function unique(array) {
  return array.reduce((a,b) => {
    let isIn = a.find(element => {
        return element === b;
    });
    if(!isIn){
      a.push(b);
    }
    return a;
  },[]);
}

let ret = unique(numbers); // [1, 2, 3, 4]

the way using reduce and find.

Although ES6 Solution is the best, I'm baffled as to how nobody has shown the following solution:

function removeDuplicates(arr){
    o={}
    arr.forEach(function(e){
        o[e]=true
    })
    return Object.keys(o)
}

The thing to remember here is that objects MUST have unique keys. We are exploiting this to remove all the duplicates. I would have thought this would be the fastest solution (before ES6).

Bear in mind though that this also sorts the array.

One line:

let names = ['Mike','Matt','Nancy','Adam','Jenny','Nancy','Carl', 'Nancy'];
let dup = [...new Set(names)];
console.log(dup);

here is the simple method without any special libraries are special function,

name_list = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];
get_uniq = name_list.filter(function(val,ind) { return name_list.indexOf(val) == ind; })

console.log("Original name list:"+name_list.length, name_list)
console.log("\n Unique name list:"+get_uniq.length, get_uniq)

use Array.filter() like this

var actualArr = ['Apple', 'Apple', 'Banana', 'Mango', 'Strawberry', 'Banana'];

console.log('Actual Array: ' + actualArr);

var filteredArr = actualArr.filter(function(item, index) {
  if (actualArr.indexOf(item) == index)
    return item;
});

console.log('Filtered Array: ' + filteredArr);

this can be made shorter in ES6 to

actualArr.filter((item,index,self) => self.indexOf(item)==index);

Here is nice explanation of Array.filter()

ES2015, 1-liner, which chains well with map, but only works for integers:

[1, 4, 1].sort().filter((current, next) => current !== next)

[1, 4]

For anyone looking to flatten arrays with duplicate elements into one unique array:

function flattenUniq(arrays) {
  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);

  var array = [].concat.apply([], args)

  var result = array.reduce(function(prev, curr){
    if (prev.indexOf(curr) < 0) prev.push(curr);
    return prev;
  },[]);

  return result;
}

Generic Functional Approach

Here is a generic and strictly functional approach with ES2015:

// small, reusable auxiliary functions

const apply = f => a => f(a);

const flip = f => b => a => f(a) (b);

const uncurry = f => (a, b) => f(a) (b);

const push = x => xs => (xs.push(x), xs);

const foldl = f => acc => xs => xs.reduce(uncurry(f), acc);

const some = f => xs => xs.some(apply(f));


// the actual de-duplicate function

const uniqueBy = f => foldl(
   acc => x => some(f(x)) (acc)
    ? acc
    : push(x) (acc)
 ) ([]);


// comparators

const eq = y => x => x === y;

// string equality case insensitive :D
const seqCI = y => x => x.toLowerCase() === y.toLowerCase();


// mock data

const xs = [1,2,3,1,2,3,4];

const ys = ["a", "b", "c", "A", "B", "C", "D"];


console.log( uniqueBy(eq) (xs) );

console.log( uniqueBy(seqCI) (ys) );

We can easily derive unique from unqiueBy or use the faster implementation utilizing Sets:

const unqiue = uniqueBy(eq);

// const unique = xs => Array.from(new Set(xs));

Benefits of this approach:

• generic solution by using a separate comparator function
• declarative and succinct implementation
• reuse of other small, generic functions

Performance Considerations

uniqueBy isn't as fast as an imperative implementation with loops, but it is way more expressive due to its genericity.

If you identify uniqueBy as the cause of a concrete performance penalty in your app, replace it with optimized code. That is, write your code first in an functional, declarative way. Afterwards, provided that you encounter performance issues, try to optimize the code at the locations, which are the cause of the problem.

Memory Consumption and Garbage Collection

uniqueBy utilizes mutations (push(x) (acc)) hidden inside its body. It reuses the accumulator instead of throwing it away after each iteration. This reduces memory consumption and GC pressure. Since this side effect is wrapped inside the function, everything outside remains pure.

Here is very simple for understanding and working anywhere (even in PhotoshopScript) code. Check it!

var peoplenames = new Array("Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl");

peoplenames = unique(peoplenames);
alert(peoplenames);

function unique(array){
    var len = array.length;
    for(var i = 0; i < len; i++) for(var j = i + 1; j < len; j++) 
        if(array[j] == array[i]){
            array.splice(j,1);
            j--;
            len--;
        }
    return array;
}

//*result* peoplenames == ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Carl"]

function removeDuplicates (array) {
  var sorted = array.slice().sort()
  var result = []

  sorted.forEach((item, index) => {
    if (sorted[index + 1] !== item) {
      result.push(item)
    }
  })
  return result
}

var duplicates = function(arr){
     var sorted = arr.sort();
   var dup = [];
   for(var i=0; i<sorted.length; i++){
        var rest  = sorted.slice(i+1); //slice the rest of array
       if(rest.indexOf(sorted[i]) > -1){//do indexOf
            if(dup.indexOf(sorted[i]) == -1)    
         dup.push(sorted[i]);//store it in another arr
      }
   }
   console.log(dup);
}

duplicates(["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"]);

This was just another solution but different than the rest.

function diffArray(arr1, arr2) {
  var newArr = arr1.concat(arr2);
  newArr.sort();
  var finalArr = [];
  for(var i = 0;i<newArr.length;i++) {
   if(!(newArr[i] === newArr[i+1] || newArr[i] === newArr[i-1])) {
     finalArr.push(newArr[i]);
   } 
  }
  return finalArr;
}

function arrayDuplicateRemove(arr){
    var c = 0;
    var tempArray = [];
    console.log(arr);
    arr.sort();
    console.log(arr);
    for (var i = arr.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        if(arr[i] != tempArray[c-1]){
            tempArray.push(arr[i])
            c++;
        }
    };
    console.log(tempArray);
    tempArray.sort();
    console.log(tempArray);
}

Apart from being a simpler, more terse solution than the current answers (minus the future-looking ES6 ones), I perf tested this and it was much faster as well:

var uniqueArray = dupeArray.filter(function(item, i, self){
  return self.lastIndexOf(item) == i;
});

One caveat: Array.lastIndexOf() was added in IE9, so if you need to go lower than that, you'll need to look elsewhere.

for (i=0; i<originalArray.length; i++) {  
    if (!newArray.includes(originalArray[i])) {
        newArray.push(originalArray[i]); 
    }
}