Remove Method (Windows Script Host)

Removes an existing environment variable.

Copy 

                      object
                      .Remove(strName)

object

WshEnvironment object.

strName

String value indicating the name of the environment variable you want to remove.

The Remove method removes environment variables from the following types of environments: PROCESS, USER, SYSTEM, and VOLATILE. Environment variables removed with the Remove method are not removed permanently; they are only removed for the current session.

The following code removes the Process environment variable TestVar.

VBScript
Copy 
Dim WshShell, WshEnv
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WshEnv = WshShell.Environment("PROCESS")
WshEnv("TestVar") = "Windows Script Host"
WScript.Echo WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("The value of the test variable is: '%TestVar%'")
WshEnv.Remove "TestVar"
WScript.Echo WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("The value of the test variable is: '%TestVar%'")
JScript
Copy 
var WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var WshEnv = WshShell.Environment("PROCESS");
WshEnv("TestVar") = "Windows Script Host";
WScript.Echo(WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("The value of the test variable is: '%TestVar%'"));
WshEnv.Remove("TestVar");
WScript.Echo(WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("The value of the test variable is: '%TestVar%'"));

Applies To:

WshEnvironment Object

Community Additions

Show: