# Set — Instance methods

> {{jsxref("Set.prototype.add()")}} : Inserts the specified value into this set, if it is not already present.

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{{jsxref("Set.prototype.add()")}} : Inserts the specified value into this set, if it is not already present. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.clear()")}} : Removes all elements from the Set object. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.delete()")}} : Removes the specified value from this set, if it is in the set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.difference()")}} : Takes a set and returns a new set containing elements in this set but not in the given set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.entries()")}} : Returns a new iterator object that contains an array of [value, value] for each element in the Set object, in insertion order. This is similar to the {{jsxref("Map")}} object, so that each entry's _key_ is the same as its _value_ for a Set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.forEach()")}} : Calls callbackFn once for each value present in the Set object, in insertion order. If a thisArg parameter is provided, it will be used as the this value for each invocation of callbackFn. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.has()")}} : Returns a boolean indicating whether the specified value exists in this Set or not. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.intersection()")}} : Takes a set and returns a new set containing elements in both this set and the given set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.isDisjointFrom()")}} : Takes a set and returns a boolean indicating if this set has no elements in common with the given set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.isSubsetOf()")}} : Takes a set and returns a boolean indicating if all elements of this set are in the given set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.isSupersetOf()")}} : Takes a set and returns a boolean indicating if all elements of the given set are in this set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.keys()")}} : An alias for {{jsxref("Set.prototype.values()")}}. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.symmetricDifference()")}} : Takes a set and returns a new set containing elements which are in either this set or the given set, but not in both. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.union()")}} : Takes a set and returns a new set containing elements which are in either or both of this set and the given set. {{jsxref("Set.prototype.values()")}} : Returns a new iterator object that yields the values for each element in the Set object in insertion order. Set.prototype[Symbol.iterator](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Set/Symbol.iterator) : Returns a new iterator object that yields the values for each element in the Set object in insertion order.

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