HTMLTableSectionElement: deleteRow() 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 deleteRow() method of the HTMLTableSectionElement interface removes a specific row (<tr>) from a given <section>.

Syntax

js
deleteRow(index)

Parameters

index

index is an integer representing the row that should be deleted. However, the special index -1 can be used to remove the very last row of the section.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

IndexSizeError DOMException

Thrown if index is greater than or equal to the number of available rows or is a negative value other than -1.

Examples

In this example, two buttons allow you to add and remove rows from the table body section; it also updates an <output> element with the number of rows currently in the table.

HTML

html
<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Col 1</th>
      <th>Col 2</th>
      <th>Col 3</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>X</td>
      <td>Y</td>
      <td>Z</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<button id="add">Add a row</button>
<button id="remove">Remove last row</button>
<div>This table's body has <output>1</output> row(s).</div>

JavaScript

js
// Obtain relevant interface elements
const bodySection = document.querySelectorAll("tbody")[0];
const rows = bodySection.rows; // The collection is live, therefore always up-to-date
const rowNumberDisplay = document.querySelectorAll("output")[0];

const addButton = document.getElementById("add");
const removeButton = document.getElementById("remove");

function updateRowNumber() {
  rowNumberDisplay.textContent = rows.length;
}

addButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  // Add a new row at the end of the body
  const newRow = bodySection.insertRow();

  // Add cells inside the new row
  ["A", "B", "C"].forEach(
    (elt) => (newRow.insertCell().textContent = `${elt}${rows.length}`),
  );

  // Update the row counter
  updateRowNumber();
});

removeButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  // Delete the row from the body
  bodySection.deleteRow(-1);

  // Update the row counter
  updateRowNumber();
});

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-tbody-deleterow

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
deleteRow
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

Legend

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Full support
Full support

See also