JavaScript Program to Remove a Property from an Object

An object is written in a key/value pair. The key/value pair is called a property. For example,

const student = {
    name: 'John',
    age: 22
}

Here, name: 'John' and age: 22 are the two properties of a student object.

Example: Remove a Property From an Object

// program to remove a property from an object

// creating an object
const student = { 
    name: 'John',
    age: 20,
    hobbies: ['reading', 'games', 'coding'],
    greet: function() {
        console.log('Hello everyone.');
    },
    score: {
        maths: 90,
        science: 80
    }
};

// deleting a property from an object
delete student.greet;
delete student['score'];

console.log(student);

Output

{
  age: 20,
  hobbies: ["reading", "games", "coding"],
  name: "John"
}

In the above program, the delete operator is used to remove a property from an object.

You can use the delete operator with . or [ ] to remove the property from an object.

Note: You should not use the delete operator on predefined JavaScript object properties.