Element.remove()
The Element.remove()
method removes the element from the
tree it belongs to.
Syntax
remove()
Examples
Using remove()
<div id="div-01">Here is div-01</div>
<div id="div-02">Here is div-02</div>
<div id="div-03">Here is div-03</div>
const element = document.getElementById('div-02');
element.remove(); // Removes the div with the 'div-02' id
Element.remove()
is unscopable
The remove()
method is not scoped into the with
statement.
See Symbol.unscopables
for more information.
with(node) {
remove();
}
// ReferenceError: remove is not defined
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-childnode-remove① |
Browser compatibility
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