# delete method | |
*[<Null safety>](https://dart.dev/null-safety)* | |
void delete | |
() | |
<p>Deletes this node and any children from underlying storage.</p> | |
<p>After a node has been deleted, all calls on it and its children have | |
no effect and do not result in an error. Calls on a deleted node that | |
return a Node or property return an already-deleted object.</p> | |
## Implementation | |
```dart | |
void delete() { | |
_delete(); | |
} | |
``` | |