CharacterData: remove() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The remove() method of the CharacterData removes it from its parent node. If it has no parent node, calling remove() does nothing.

Syntax

js
remove()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Example

Using remove()

html
<span>Result: </span>A long string.
js
const span = document.querySelector("span");
const textNode = span.nextSibling;
textNode.remove(); // Removes the text

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# ref-for-dom-childnode-remove①

Browser compatibility

See also