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.
The HTMLSelectElement.remove()
method removes the element
at the specified index from the options collection for this select element.
Syntax
js
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>
js
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 |
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HTML # dom-select-remove |
Browser compatibility
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See also
Element.remove
, the method that gets called when remove is called without arguments on aHTMLSelectElement
.HTMLSelectElement
that implements it.