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 )