CharacterData: deleteData() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The deleteData() method of the CharacterData interface removes all or part of the data from this CharacterData node.

Syntax

js
deleteData(offset, count)

Parameters

offset

The number of bytes from the start of the data to remove from. 0 is the first character of the string.

count

The number of bytes to remove.

Return value

None.

Exceptions

IndexSizeError DOMException

Thrown if offset is greater than the length of the contained data.

Example

html
<span>Result: </span>A long string.
js
const span = document.querySelector("span");
const textNode = span.nextSibling;

textNode.deleteData(1, 5);

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-characterdata-deletedata

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
deleteData

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Full support
Full support

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