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Home / Miscellaneous / Remove an element from the DOM

Remove an element from the DOM

Remove an element from the DOM

Use Element.parentNode to get the given element’s parent node. Use Element.removeChild() to remove the given element from its parent node.

const removeElement = el => el.parentNode.removeChild(el);

// Example
removeElement(document.querySelector('#my-element'));
// Removes #my-element from the DOM

Source

https://www.30secondsofcode.org/js/s/remove-element

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