This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLTableElement.deleteTFoot() method removes the <tfoot> element from a given <table>.
deleteTFoot()
None.
None (undefined).
This example uses JavaScript to delete a table's footer.
<table>
<thead>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Score</th>
</thead>
<tr>
<td>Bob</td>
<td>541</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jim</td>
<td>225</td>
</tr>
<tfoot>
<th>Average</th>
<td>383</td>
</tfoot>
</table>
let table = document.querySelector("table");
table.deleteTFoot();
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-table-deletetfoot-dev> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
deleteTFoot |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableElement/deleteTFoot