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 the DOM.
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
Specification |
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DOM # ref-for-dom-childnode-remove① |
Browser compatibility
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