Using JavaScript what's the quickest way to recursively remove properties and values from an object?

Question

I need to find the fastest way to remove all $meta properties and their values from an object, for example:

{
  \"part_one\": {
    \"name\": \"         


        

Answer 1

Here is a function that takes either a string or an array of strings to remove recursively (based on Joseph's answer):

// removes all propsToRemove (passed as an array or string), drilling down up to maxLevel times
// will modify the input and return it
du.removeAllPropsFromObj = function(obj, propsToRemove, maxLevel) {
    if (typeof maxLevel !== "number") maxLevel = 10
    for (var prop in obj) {
        if (typeof propsToRemove === "string" && prop === propsToRemove)
            delete obj[prop];
        else if (propsToRemove.indexOf(prop) >= 0)      // it must be an array
            delete obj[prop];
        else if (typeof obj[prop] === "object" && maxLevel>0)
            du.removeAllPropsFromObj(obj[prop], propsToRemove, maxLevel-1);
    }
    return obj
}