StylePropertyMap: delete() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The delete() method of the StylePropertyMap interface removes the CSS declaration with the given property.

Syntax

js
delete(property)

Parameters

property

An identifier indicating the stylistic feature (e.g., font, width, background color) to remove.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

The following example removes the background-image property from the element's style attribute.

js
// get the button element
const buttonEl = document.querySelector("button");

// remove background-image from style attribute
buttonEl.attributeStyleMap.delete("background-image");

Specifications

Specification
CSS Typed OM Level 1
# dom-stylepropertymap-delete

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
delete
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 1278697
Opera – Full support
Opera 53 (Release date: 2018-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 16.4 (Release date: 2023-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 1278697
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 16.4 (Release date: 2023-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 16.4 (Release date: 2023-03-27)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
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See implementation notes.