CSSStyleDeclaration: removeProperty() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The CSSStyleDeclaration.removeProperty() method interface removes a property from a CSS style declaration object.

Syntax

js
removeProperty(property)

Parameters

property

A string representing the property name to be removed. Multi-word property names are hyphenated (kebab-case) and not camel-cased.

Return value

A string equal to the value of the CSS property before it was removed.

Exceptions

NoModificationAllowedError DOMException

Thrown when the property or declaration block is read-only.

Examples

The following JavaScript code removes the background-color CSS property from a selector rule:

js
const declaration = document.styleSheets[0].rules[0].style;
const oldValue = declaration.removeProperty("background-color");

Specifications

Specification
CSS Object Model (CSSOM)
# dom-cssstyledeclaration-removeproperty

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
removeProperty
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 1 (Release date: 2003-06-23)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support