Remove Polygon from the map

Question

Requirements: Using the Leaflet js maps api, when the customer clicks on a marker, a Rectangle should be drawn just below the Marker, centering according to the marker. Then clicking on another marker should remove previous rectangles and draw another rectangle below newly clicked marker.

Problem: I am using the code below to draw a polygon and I can see a rectangle. And it draws the rectangle on a marker. Then by clicking on another marker a new rectangle is being drawn. But the old rectangle also still exists.

Question: How should I implement the behavior, so that when clicking on new marker, the old rectangle will be deleted from the map?

 //polygon

var latBlockSize = 0.002;
var lngBlockSize = 0.002;
var route = [
      new L.LatLng(parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lat) + latBlockSize, parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lng) - lngBlockSize),
      new L.LatLng(parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lat) + latBlockSize, parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lng) + lngBlockSize),
      new L.LatLng(parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lat) - latBlockSize, parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lng) + lngBlockSize),
      new L.LatLng(parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lat) - latBlockSize, parseFloat(customer.MailingAddress.Lng) - lngBlockSize)
   ];

window.polygon = new L.Polygon(route);

window.map.addLayer(window.polygon);

Answer 1

I figured it out by myself.

This was the solution:

window.map.removeLayer(window.polygon);

Answer 2

That is working as well, tested with Leaflet 1.2.0.

window.polygon.remove()