Still impossible to remove() or delete a brush using a script ?

[siomosp]

As mentioned, it is not possible to remove() or delete a brush using a script

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/is-it-possible-to-remove-or-delete-a-brush-us...
2 years later it is still impossible?

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

Looking at the refrence, a brush doesn't have a remove() function.  So the answer is:  Yes, not possible.  

[Met1]

I'm not a scripter so don't shoot me, but can you convert it to something else - expand, or outline - and then delete that?

[femkeblanco]

I think the OP is referring to deleting brushes from the Brushes palette.  

[Met1]

Ah ha... shot anyway...

[CarlosCanto]

do you want to remove one brush in particular? the thread linked does mention you can remove all unused brushes with an action. Is that not an option for your workflow?

[siomosp]

Actually i want to check if all active documents items, with a specific stroke swatch ( CutContour), have a brush other than the default !

[Monika Gause]

So you want to assign a basic stroke to all the elements that have that stroke color?

[siomosp]

Yes!

[Silly-V]

I tried some way to remove a brush from a path item, and guess what, trying to apply a default brush failed because the "[Basic]" brush is in the UI but it is not in the document!
However, you can still record the action with the flyout menu of the brushes panel - "Remove Brush Stroke".

Now it's easy to do what you wish using this code:

  var doc = app.activeDocument;

  var s = doc.selection[0];

  app.doScript("RemoveStroke", "Test");