Remove HTML Elements Dynamically

A simple javascript snippet to remove HTML elements dynamically.

function removeElement(elementId){
	var itemToBeRemoved = document.getElementById(elementId);
	var parent = itemToBeRemoved.parentNode;
	parent.removeChild(itemToBeRemoved);
};
2008
05/08
CATEGORY
Javascript
Programming
1 comment
    • SunboX
    • February 26th, 2009

    function removeElement(elementId)
    {
    var itemToBeRemoved = document.getElementById(elementId);
    var parent = itemToBeRemoved.parentNode;
    parent.removeChild(itemToBeRemoved);
    itemToBeRemoved = null; // make sure it will be garbage collected
    };

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