node remove object property code example

Example 1: javascript remove property from object

var person = {"first_name": "Billy","last_name": "Johnson"};
delete person.last_name; //delete last_name property

Example 2: javscript remove a property

var myObject = {
    "name": "jon",
    "gender": "male",
    "registered": "yes"
};
delete myObject.gender;

console.log(myObject);

//other methods
delete myObject.gender;
// or,
delete myObject['gender'];
// or,
var prop = "gender";
delete myObject[prop];

Example 3: Delete Properties from a JavaScript Object

var ourDog = {
  "name": "Camper",
  "legs": 4,
  "tails": 1,
  "friends": ["everything!"],
  "bark": "bow-wow"
};

delete ourDog.bark;

Example 4: js object clear

// for enumerable and non-enumerable of an object with proto chain
var props = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj);
for (var i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
  delete obj[props[i]];
}

// for enumerable properties of shallow/plain object
for (var key in obj) {
  // this check can be safely omitted in modern JS engines
  // if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key))
    delete obj[key];
}