What is the HTML DOM remove() method?
Overview
The remove() method removes an element from the HTML DOM. It is applied on the element which we want to remove.
Parameter
This method does not require any parameters.
Return value
This method does not return anything.
Code
Let’s write the code to remove an element from the HTML:
Explanation
- Line 5: We have a
pparagraph element with simple text. - Line 7: We have another
pelement with anelemid which is removed from the HTML page. - Line 9: We write a button tag with a function
change()binded with theonclickevent. The function is called when the user clicks on it. - Line 12: We write the
change()function inside the script tag . - Line 13: We use
getElementById()to get the paragraph element with theelemid and assign it in a variable. - Line 14: We apply the
remove()method on the variable which is to be removed.
Output
When we click the button, the paragraph element with the text is removed and can not be accessible in DOM again.