This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The CSSStyleSheet method deleteRule() removes a rule from the stylesheet object.
deleteRule(index)
indexThe index into the stylesheet's CSSRuleList indicating the rule to be removed.
None (undefined).
This example removes the first rule from the stylesheet myStyles.
myStyles.deleteRule(0);
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Object Model (CSSOM)> # dom-cssstylesheet-deleterule> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
deleteRule |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSStyleSheet/deleteRule