web api instance method

Headers: delete() method

Available in workers

The delete() method of the Headers interface deletes a header from the current Headers object.

For security reasons, some headers can only be controlled by the user agent. These headers include the forbidden request headers and forbidden response header names.

Syntax

delete(name)

name
- : The name of the HTTP header you want to delete from the Headers object.

Creating an empty Headers object is simple:

const myHeaders = new Headers(); // Currently empty

You could add a header to this using 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

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