HTMLTableElement: deleteTHead() 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.

Learn more
See full compatibility
Report feedback

The HTMLTableElement.deleteTHead() removes the <thead> element from a given <table>.

Syntax

deleteTHead()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

This example uses JavaScript to delete a table's header.

HTML

html

<table>
  <thead>
    <th>Name</th>
    <th>Occupation</th>
  </thead>
  <tr>
    <td>Bob</td>
    <td>Plumber</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Jim</td>
    <td>Roofer</td>
  </tr>
</table>

JavaScript

let table = document.querySelector("table");
table.deleteTHead();

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # dom-table-deletethead-dev

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser