unset

The unset CSS keyword resets a property to its inherited value if it inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not. In other words, it behaves like the inherit keyword in the first case, and like the initial keyword in the second case. It can be applied to any CSS property, including the CSS shorthand all.

Examples

Color

HTML

<p>This text is red.</p>
<div class="foo">
  <p>This text is also red.</p>
</div>
<div class="bar">
  <p>This text is green (default inherited value).</p>
</div>

CSS

.foo {
  color: blue;
}
.bar {
  color: green;
}

p {
  color: red;
}
.bar p {
  color: unset;
}

Result

Border

HTML

<p>This text has a red border.</p>
<div>
  <p>This text has a red border.</p>
</div>
<div class="bar">
  <p>This text has has a black border (initial default, not inherited).</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  border: 1px solid green;
}

p {
  border: 1px solid red;
}

.bar p {
  border-color: unset;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• Use initial to set a property to its initial value.
• Use revert to reset a property to the value established by the user-agent stylesheet (or by user styles, if any exist).
• Use inherit to make an element's property the same as its parent.
• The all property lets you reset all properties to their initial, inherited, reverted, or unset state at once.