It is used to remove previously set headers
<?php
header("X-Foo: Bar");
header("X-Bar: Baz");
echo "<pre>";print_r(headers_list());
header_remove("X-Foo");
echo "<pre>";print_r(headers_list());
?>
Output
Array
(
[0] => X-Powered-By: PHP/7.1.14
[1] => X-Foo: Bar
[2] => X-Bar: Baz
)Array
(
[0] => X-Powered-By: PHP/7.1.14
[1] => X-Bar: Baz
)