The Element.remove() method removes the element from the DOM.
The Element.remove() method removes the element from the DOM.
js
remove()
None.
None (undefined).
remove()
html
<div id="div-01">Here is div-01</div> <div id="div-02">Here is div-02</div> <div id="div-03">Here is div-03</div>
js
const element = document.getElementById("div-02"); element.remove(); // Removes the div with the 'div-02' id
Element.remove() is unscopable The remove() method is not scoped into the with statement. See Symbol.unscopables for more information.
js
with (node) { remove(); } // ReferenceError: remove is not defined
| Specification |
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| DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-childnode-remove① |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
remove |
24 | 12 | 23 | No | 15 | 7 | 4.4 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 1.5 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/remove