WebGLRenderingContext: deleteTexture() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The WebGLRenderingContext.deleteTexture() method of the WebGL API deletes a given WebGLTexture object. This method has no effect if the texture has already been deleted.

Syntax

js
deleteTexture(texture)

Parameters

texture

A WebGLTexture object to delete.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

Deleting a texture

js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const gl = canvas.getContext("webgl");
const texture = gl.createTexture();

// …

gl.deleteTexture(texture);

Specifications

Specification
WebGL Specification
# 5.14.8

Browser compatibility

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See also