package misc; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.LinkedHashSet; public class RemoveDuplicate { public static void main(String[] args) { ArrayList list = new ArrayList(); list.add("two"); list.add("one"); list.add("three"); list.add("one"); list.add("four"); ArrayList list2 = new ArrayList(new HashSet(list)); // no elements order // ArrayList list2 = new ArrayList(new LinkedHashSet(list)); //To preserve the order of the elements Iterator itr = list2.iterator(); while(itr.hasNext()) { System.out.println(itr.next()); } } }