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.
The Element.remove() method removes the element from its parent node.
If it has no parent node, calling remove() does nothing.
Syntax
js
remove()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
Using remove()
html
<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>
js
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.
js
with (node) {
remove();
}
// ReferenceError: remove is not defined
Specifications
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