Remove all child elements of a DOM node in JavaScript?

Javascript Web Development Front End Technology Object Oriented Programming

To remove child elements, set the innerHTML to ‘’.

Example

Following is the code −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <title>Document</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<body>
<div id='removeAllChildElements' style="height: 200px; width: 200px; border: 1px solid red;">
<span>Javascript</span>
<div>MySQL</div>
</div>
<button id='remove'>Remove the items</button>
</body>
<script>
   remove.onclick = () => {
      const element = document.getElementById("removeAllChildElements");
      element.innerHTML = '';
   }
</script>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name anyName.html(index.html). Right click on the file and select the option “Open with live server” in VS Code editor.