Title: WP_Screen::remove_option
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Screen::remove_option( string $option )

## In this article

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

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Removes an option from the screen.

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

 `$option`stringrequired

Option ID.

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

    ```php
    public function remove_option( $option ) {
    	unset( $this->_options[ $option ] );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php#L516)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-screen.php#L516-L518)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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