Remove() Function

Simple way to replace DOM elements

April 21, 2021 by cryan.com

This simple function is useful when you want to remove an element from the document.

$(".legal").remove();

This would remove any element that has the words "legal" in the class name.

This would be useful if you are taking screenshots and want to remove certain parts. Also useful for QA to test "hacking" functionality.

Remove All Images

This removes all the images on the page:

$("img").remove();

Remove All Anchor

This removes all the anchor tags and text on the page:

$("a").remove();