HTMLSelectElement: 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.

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The HTMLSelectElement.remove() method removes the element at the specified index from the options collection for this select element.

Syntax

remove(index)

Parameters

index: A zero-based integer for the index of the HTMLOptionElement to remove from the collection. If the index is not found the method has no effect.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

html

<select id="existingList" name="existingList">
  <option value="1">Option: Value 1</option>
  <option value="2">Option: Value 2</option>
  <option value="3">Option: Value 3</option>
</select>

let sel = document.getElementById("existingList");
sel.remove(1);

HTML is now:

html

<select id="existingList" name="existingList">
  <option value="1">Option: Value 1</option>
  <option value="3">Option: Value 3</option>
</select>

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-select-remove

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`remove`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support

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