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Range: deleteContents() method

The Range.deleteContents() method removes the contents of the Range from the Document.

Unlike Range.extractContents(), this method does not return a DocumentFragment containing the deleted content.

Syntax

js

deleteContents()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js

range = document.createRange();
range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
range.deleteContents();

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# dom-range-deletecontents

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
deleteContents 1 12 1 9 9 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/deleteContents