How to destroy a DOM element with jQuery

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Suppose the jQuery object is  target

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Not sure if it s just me  but using  remove   doesn t seem to work if you are selecting by an id  Ex      quot  my-element quot   remove    I had to use the element s class instead  or nothing happened  Ex      quot  my-element quot   remove

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If you want to completely destroy the target  you have a couple of options  First you can remove the object from the DOM as described above     console log  target        jQuery object  target remove             remove target from the DOM console log  target         target still exists   Option 1 - Then replace target with an empty jQuery object  jQuery 1 4     target        console log  target        empty jQuery object   Option 2 - Or delete the property entirely  will cause an error if you reference it elsewhere   delete  target  console log  target        error   target is not defined   More reading  info about empty jQuery object  and info about delete

User · Answer

You are looking for the  remove   function    http   docs jquery com Manipulation remove

User · Answer

Is  target remove    what you re looking for   https   api jquery com remove

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