30-seconds-of-code/snippets/removeElement.md

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title	tags	author	cover	firstSeen	lastUpdated
Remove DOM element	browser	chalarangelo	blog_images/by-the-lighthouse.jpg	2021-01-07T00:20:34+02:00	2021-01-07T00:20:34+02:00

Removes an element from the DOM.

• Use Node.parentNode to get the given element's parent node.
• Use Node.removeChild() to remove the given element from its parent node.

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

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