Element: remove() method
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.
TheElement.remove() method removes the element from its parent node.If it has no parent node, callingremove() does nothing.
Syntax
js
remove()Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
Usingremove()
html
<div>Here is div-01</div><div>Here is div-02</div><div>Here is div-03</div>js
const element = document.getElementById("div-02");element.remove(); // Removes the div with the 'div-02' idElement.remove() is unscopable
Theremove() method is not scoped into thewith statement.SeeSymbol.unscopables for more information.
js
with (node) { remove();}// ReferenceError: remove is not definedSpecifications
| Specification |
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| DOM # ref-for-dom-childnode-remove① |