DOM: Remove HTML Element

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Here's how to remove an HTML/XML element.

const x = document .getElementById("i10231");

x.parentNode.removeChild(x);

Remove All Children

node.innerHTML = ""

const t = document . getElementById ("abc");

// remove all children
t.innerHTML = '';

[see DOM: Difference Between textContent, innerHTML, innerText, nodeValue]

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