Map.prototype.keys()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The keys() method of Map instances returns a new map iterator object that contains the keys for each element in this map in insertion order.

Try it

const map = new Map();

map.set("0", "foo");
map.set(1, "bar");

const iterator = map.keys();

console.log(iterator.next().value);
// Expected output: "0"

console.log(iterator.next().value);
// Expected output: 1

Syntax

js
keys()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A new iterable iterator object.

Examples

Using keys()

js
const myMap = new Map();
myMap.set("0", "foo");
myMap.set(1, "bar");
myMap.set({}, "baz");

const mapIter = myMap.keys();

console.log(mapIter.next().value); // "0"
console.log(mapIter.next().value); // 1
console.log(mapIter.next().value); // {}

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification
# sec-map.prototype.keys

Browser compatibility

See also