CookieStore: delete() method
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Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The delete()
method of the CookieStore
interface deletes a cookie with the given name or options object. The delete()
method expires the cookie by changing the date to one in the past.
Syntax
js
delete(name)
delete(options)
Parameters
This method requires one of the following:
name
-
A string with the name of a cookie.
Or
options
-
An object containing:
name
-
A string with the name of a cookie.
partitioned
Optional-
A boolean value that defaults to
false
. Setting it totrue
specifies that the cookie to delete will be a partitioned cookie. See Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State (CHIPS) for more information. path
Optional-
A string containing a path.
url
Optional-
A string with the URL of a cookie.
Note: The url
option enables the modification of a cookie scoped under a particular URL. Service workers can obtain cookies that would be sent to any URL under their scope. From a document you may only obtain the cookies at the current URL, so the only valid URL in a document context is the document's URL.
Return value
Exceptions
TypeError
-
Thrown if deleting the cookie represented by the given
name
oroptions
fails.
Examples
In this example a cookie is deleted by passing the name to the delete()
method.
js
let result = cookieStore.delete("cookie1");
console.log(result);
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Cookie Store API # dom-cookiestore-delete |
Browser compatibility
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