Headers.delete()
The delete() method of the Headers interface deletes a header from the current Headers object.
This method throws a TypeError for the following reasons:
- The value of the name parameter is not the name of an HTTP header.
- The value of Guard is
immutable.
For security reasons, some headers can only be controller by the user agent. These headers include the forbidden header names and forbidden response header names.
Syntax
myHeaders.delete(name);
Parameters
name-
The name of the HTTP header you want to delete from the
Headersobject.
Returns
Void.
Example
Creating an empty Headers object is simple:
var myHeaders = new Headers(); // Currently empty
You could add a header to this using Headers.append:
myHeaders.append('Content-Type', 'image/jpeg'); myHeaders.get('Content-Type'); // Returns 'image/jpeg'
You can then delete it again:
myHeaders.delete('Content-Type'); myHeaders.get('Content-Type'); // Returns null, as it has been deleted
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Fetch Standard (Fetch) # ref-for-dom-headers-delete① |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
delete |
42 |
14 |
39 |
No |
29 |
10.1 |
42 |
42 |
No |
29 |
10.3 |
4.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers/delete