delete

Summary

Removes a record from the specified Object Store.

Method of apis/indexeddb/IDBObjectStoreapis/indexeddb/IDBObjectStore

Syntax

var idbRequest = objectStore.delete(key);

Parameters

key

Data-type

String

Key identifying the record to be deleted

Return Value

Returns an object of type DOM NodeDOM Node

Returns an IDBRequest Object

Examples

store = db.createObjectStore("store1", { autoIncrement: true });
store.put("a"); // Will get key 1
store.delete(1);
store.put("b"); // Will get key 2
store.clear();
store.put("c"); // Will get key 3
store.delete(IDBKeyRange.lowerBound(0));

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Notes

Remarks

This method can throw the following DOMException exceptions:

Related specifications

W3C IndexedDB Specification

W3C Proposed Recommendation

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]