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Document: replaceChildren() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨October 2020⁩.

The Document.replaceChildren() method replaces the existing children of a Document with a specified new set of children.

Syntax

replaceChildren(param1)
replaceChildren(param1, param2)
replaceChildren(param1, param2, /* …, */ paramN)

Parameters

param1, …, paramN: A set of Node objects or strings to replace the Document's existing children with. If no replacement objects are specified, then the Document is emptied of all child nodes.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

HierarchyRequestError DOMException: Thrown if the constraints of the node tree are violated.

Examples

Emptying a document

replaceChildren() provides a very convenient mechanism for emptying a document of all its children. You call it on the document without any argument specified:

document.replaceChildren();
document.children; // HTMLCollection []

Specifications

Specification
DOM> # ref-for-dom-parentnode-replacechildren①>

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
`replaceChildren`	86	86	78	72	14	86	79	61	14	14.0	86	14