Remove datePublished and dateModified from Yoast SEO plugin generated Article schema - wordpress

Question

I'm trying to remove date properties from Article schema generated by the Yoast SEO plugin.
In their developer docs the wpseo_schema_article filter is set as an example for manipulating with Article graph piece. However even with this type="application/ld+json":
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"#context":"https://schema.org",
"#type":"Article",
"mainEntityOfPage":{
"#type":"WebPage",
"#id":"https://www.myproscooter.com/etwow-electric-scooters-review/"
},
"headline":"E-Twow Electric Scooters 2021 Review",
"image":{
"#type":"ImageObject",
"url":"https://www.myproscooter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/elek-scoot.jpg",
"width":700,
"height":400
},
"datePublished":"2020-12-08T08:52:13",
"dateModified":"2021-01-12T11:30:10",
"author":{
"#type":"Person",
"name":"Jason"
},
"publisher":{
"#type":"Organization",
"name":"MyProScooter",
"logo":{
"#type":"ImageObject",
"url":"https://www.myproscooter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MPS-Logo-228x60.png"
}
}
}
</script>
When I try to access and manipulate data like this:
add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_article', 'remove_article_dates' );
function remove_article_dates( $data ) {
file_put_contents(WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/helper-seo.txt','DATA PRE FILTER: '.print_r($data,true),FILE_APPEND);
unset($data['datePublished']);
unset($data['dateModified']);
return $data;
}
Nothing gets logged into helper-seo.txt nor do dates get unset in the Article schema; as if the filter is ignored totally.
What's more confusing is that manipulation with dates in Webpage Schema works and is similar to the above:
add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_webpage', 'remove_webpage_dates');
function remove_webpage_dates( $data ) {
unset($data['datePublished']);
unset($data['dateModified']);
return $data;
}
The other stuff I've tried include:
add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_article_date_published', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_article_date_modified', '__return_false' );
Which isn't reflecting into Article schema at all. How to remove these properties sucessfully?

Answer 1

i am using this code, it will work
add_filter ( 'wpseo_schema_webpage' , 'remove_breadcrumbs_property_from_webpage' , 11 , 1 ) ;
function remove_breadcrumbs_property_from_webpage( $data ) {
if (array_key_exists('datePublished', $data)) {
unset($data['datePublished']);
unset($data['dateModified']);
}
return $data;
}

Answer 2

Try this exact code. I'm sure it will work for you. This cleared my problems at least.
// Remove DatePublished
add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_graph_pieces', 'remove_datePublished_from_schema', 11, 2 );
add_filter( 'wpseo_schema_webpage', 'remove_datePublished_property_from_webpage', 11, 1 );
/**
* Removes the DatePublished graph pieces from the schema collector.
*
* #param array $pieces The current graph pieces.
* #param string $context The current context.
*
* #return array The remaining graph pieces.
*/
function remove_datePublished_from_schema( $pieces, $context ) {
return \array_filter( $pieces, function( $piece ) {
return ! $piece instanceof \Yoast\WP\SEO\Generators\Schema\datePublished;
} );
}
/**
* Removes the DatePublished property from the WebPage piece.
*
* #param array $data The WebPage's properties.
*
* #return array The modified WebPage properties.
*/
function remove_datePublished_property_from_webpage( $data ) {
if (array_key_exists('datePublished', $data)) {
unset($data['datePublished']);
}
return $data;
}