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How can I remove a child node in HTML using JavaScript?
Following is the code to remove a child node in HTML using JavaScript −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
.result {
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 500;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Removing a child node in HTML using JavaScript</h1>
<div style="color: green;" class="result">
<ul class="animal">
<li>Cow</li>
<li>Lion</li>
<li>Tiger</li>
<li>Buffalo</li>
</ul>
</div>
<button class="Btn">CLICK HERE</button>
<h3>
Click the above button to remove the first list element from the above
list
</h3>
<script>
let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
let animalList = document.querySelector(".animal");
document.querySelector(".Btn").addEventListener("click", () => {
animalList.removeChild(animalList.childNodes[0]);
animalList = animalList;
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
The above code will produce the following output −
On clicking the ‘CLICK HERE’ button −
Updated on: 17-Jul-2020
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