# Ho do I unset/remove/delete a variable in Ansible?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ho-do-i-unset-remove-delete-a-variable-in-ansible/20691>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 26, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ho-do-i-unset-remove-delete-a-variable-in-ansible/20691 "2016-02-26T16:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Steinbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Thomas\_Steinbach](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thomas_Steinbach)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ho-do-i-unset-remove-delete-a-variable-in-ansible/20691/1 "2016-02-26T16:38:22Z")

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Hi,

does anybody know how I can unset a variable in Ansible so that it becomes ‘undefined’?

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ho-do-i-unset-remove-delete-a-variable-in-ansible/20691/2 "2016-02-26T19:45:40Z")

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no undefined but you can make it null/None

varname: !!null