Often you may want to remove a specific property from an object in PowerShell.
You can use the following syntax to do so:
$my_object.PSObject.Properties.Remove('my_property')
This particular example removes the property named my_property from the object named $my_object.
The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.
Example: How to Remove Property from an Object in PowerShell
Suppose that we create the following object in PowerShell named $my_object:
$my_object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{ Team='Mavs'; Points=22; Assists=8; Rebounds=10 }
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
Suppose that we would like to remove the property named Points from this object.
We can use the following syntax to do so:
$my_object.PSObject.Properties.Remove('points')
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
Notice that when we view $my_object again we can see that the Points property is no longer shown.
We can also use the -contains command to verify that our object no longer contains this property:
$my_object.PSobject.Properties.Name -contains 'Points'
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
This returns False, which confirms that the object named $my_object no longer contains a property named Points.
Related Tutorials
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in PowerShell:
PowerShell: How to Check if Object has Specific Property
PowerShell: How to List All Object Properties
PowerShell: How to Use Group-Object with Multiple Properties
PowerShell: How to Use Sort-Object with Multiple Properties
