Title: WP_Dependencies::remove
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Dependencies::remove( string|string[] $handles )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/remove/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/remove/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/remove/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Un-register an item or items.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/remove/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$handles`string|string[]required

Item handle (string) or item handles (array of strings).

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/remove/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function remove( $handles ) {
    	foreach ( (array) $handles as $handle ) {
    		unset( $this->registered[ $handle ] );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes_class-wp-dependencies-php-2/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-dependencies.php#L359)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-dependencies.php#L359-L363)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Dependencies/remove/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.6.0/) | Moved from `WP_Scripts`. | 
| [2.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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