How to Remove Key Value Pair from Hashtable in Java

In this example we will show how to remove a key value pair from Hashtable object using remove method.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Hashtable;

public class RemoveValueFromHashtable {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		//create Hashtable.
		Hashtable hashtable = new Hashtable();
		
		hashtable.put("1", "Alice");
		hashtable.put("2", "Bob");
		hashtable.put("3", "Jack");
		
		Enumeration enumeration1 = hashtable.elements();
		System.out.println("Before remove, hashtable contains :");
		while(enumeration1.hasMoreElements()) {
			System.out.println(enumeration1.nextElement());
		}
		
		/*
		 * To remove a key value pair from Hashtable use Object remove(Object key) method of Hashtable.
		 */
		hashtable.remove("2");
		Enumeration enumeration2 = hashtable.elements();
		System.out.println("After remove, hashtable contains :");
		while(enumeration2.hasMoreElements()) {
			System.out.println(enumeration2.nextElement());
		}

	}

}

Output:

Before remove, hashtable contains :
Jack
Bob
Alice
After remove, hashtable contains :
Jack
Alice

References

Imported packages in Java documentation:

• Enumeration
• Hashtable