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DocumentType: 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 DocumentType.remove() method removes a document's doctype. If it is already detached from the document, calling remove() does nothing.

Syntax

remove()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

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Using remove() 

document.doctype; // "<!doctype html>'
document.doctype.remove();
document.doctype; // null

Specifications

Specification
DOM>
# ref-for-dom-childnode-remove①>

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
remove 24 12 23 15 7 25 23 14 7 1.5 4.4 7

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentType/remove