How can I remove an attribute from a Reactjs component's state object

Question

If I have a react component that had a property set on it's state:

onClick() {
    this.setState({ foo: 'bar' });
}

Is it possible to remove "foo" here from Object.keys(this.state)?

The replaceState method looks like the obvious method to try but it's since been depreciated.

Answer 1

You can set foo to undefined, like so

var Hello = React.createClass({
    getInitialState: function () {
        return {
            foo: 10,
            bar: 10
        }
    },

    handleClick: function () {
        this.setState({ foo: undefined });
    },

    render: function() {
        return (
            <div>
                <div onClick={ this.handleClick.bind(this) }>Remove foo</div>
                <div>Foo { this.state.foo }</div>
                <div>Bar { this.state.bar }</div>
            </div>
        );
    }
});

Example

Update

The previous solution just remove value from foo and key skill exists in state, if you need completely remove key from state, one of possible solution can be setState with one parent key, like so

var Hello = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function () {
    return {
      data: {
        foo: 10,
        bar: 10
      }
    }
  },
    	
  handleClick: function () {
    const state = {
      data: _.omit(this.state.data, 'foo')
    };
    
    this.setState(state, () => {
      console.log(this.state);
    });
  },
        
  render: function() {
    return (
      <div>
        <div onClick={ this.handleClick }>Remove foo</div>
        <div>Foo { this.state.data.foo }</div>
        <div>Bar { this.state.data.bar }</div>
      </div>
    );
  }
});

ReactDOM.render(<Hello />, document.getElementById('container'))

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/lodash/4.17.4/lodash.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>