caption: jsondelete
created: 20250115120000000
modified: 20250115120000000
op-input: a selection of JSON objects
op-output: the JSON objects with the specified property deleted
op-parameter: one or more indexes of the property to delete
op-purpose: delete a property from JSON objects
tags: [[Filter Operators]] [[JSON Operators]]
title: jsondelete Operator

<<.from-version "5.4.0">> The <<.op jsondelete>> operator is used to delete a property from JSON strings. See [[JSON in TiddlyWiki]] for background. See also the following related operators:

* <<.olink jsonset>> to set values within JSON objects
* <<.olink jsonget>> to retrieve the values of a property in JSON data
* <<.olink jsontype>> to retrieve the type of a JSON value
* <<.olink jsonindexes>> to retrieve the names of the fields of a JSON object, or the indexes of a JSON array
* <<.olink jsonextract>> to retrieve a JSON value as a string of JSON

Properties within a JSON object are identified by a sequence of indexes. In the following example, the value at `[a]` is `one`, and the value at `[d][f][0]` is `five`.

```
{
    "a": "one",
    "b": "",
    "c": "three",
    "d": {
        "e": "four",
        "f": [
            "five",
            "six",
            true,
            false,
            null
        ],
        "g": {
            "x": "max",
            "y": "may",
            "z": "maize"
        }
    }
}
```

The <<.op jsondelete>> operator uses multiple parameters to specify the indexes of the property to delete. For object properties, the property is removed using JavaScript's `delete` operator. For array elements, the element is removed using `splice`, which shifts remaining elements.

Negative indexes into an array are counted from the end, so -1 means the last item, -2 the next-to-last item, and so on.

Indexes can be dynamically composed from variables and transclusions, e.g. `[<jsondata>jsondelete<variable>,{!!field},[0]]`.

If the specified property does not exist, the JSON object is returned unchanged. If you attempt to delete the root object itself (by providing no indexes or a blank index), the JSON object is returned unchanged.

If the input consists of multiple JSON objects, the property is deleted from all of them.

<<.operator-examples "jsondelete">>