How can I remove all elements except the first one using jQuery?
To remove all elements except the first one, use the remove() method with the slice() method in jQuery. You can try to run the following code to remove all elements except for first one using jQuery −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".button1").click(function(){
$("span").remove();
});
$(".button2").click(function(){
$('span').slice(1).remove();
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button class="button2">Hide all, except first element</button>
<button class="button1">Hide all the elements</button>
<span>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
</span>
<span>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
</span>
<span>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
</span>
</body>
</html>
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