Storage.removeItem()

The removeItem() method of the Storage interface, when passed a key name, will remove that key from the storage.

Syntax

storage.removeItem(keyName);

Parameters

keyName

A DOMString containing the name of the key you want to remove.

Returns

No return value.

Example

The following function creates three data items inside local storage, then remove the image data item.

function populateStorage() {
  localStorage.setItem('bgcolor', 'red');
  localStorage.setItem('font', 'Helvetica');
  localStorage.setItem('image', 'myCat.png');

  localStorage.removeItem('image');
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

All browsers have varying capacity levels for both localStorage and sessionStorage. Here is a detailed rundown of all the storage capacities for various browsers.

See also

Using the Web Storage API