Web/API/CSSStyleDeclaration/removeProperty

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

Syntax

var oldValue = style.removeProperty(property);

Parameters

• property is a DOMString representing the property name to be removed. Note that multi-word property names are hyphenated and not camel-cased.

Return value

• oldValue is a DOMString equal to the value of the CSS property before it was removed.

Exceptions

• DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: if the property or declaration block is read only.

Example

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

var declaration = document.styleSheets[0].rules[0].style;
var oldValue = declaration.removeProperty('background-color');

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Object Model (CSSOM)The definition of 'CSSStyleDeclaration.removeProperty()' in that specification.	Working Draft
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style SpecificationThe definition of 'CSSStyleDeclaration' in that specification.	Obsolete

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
removeProperty	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 6	WebView Android Full support 4.4	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

CSSStyleDeclaration.removeProperty() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.