Remove Element from Object Reference

Question

I want to use jQuery's remove() function to remove an item from the DOM.

The problem is that remove() requires a selector and I already have a reference to the element I want to remove in an object.

Given an element reference, say tableRow, is there any way to remove that element?

If tableRow is a jquery object then just run remove on it tableRow.remove() — Huangism
– Huangism, Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 20:47

Jonathan Wood · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-11 15:05:19Z

4

This should work:

tableRow.remove();

or

$(tableRow).remove();

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Ah yes, looking at the jQuery documentation more carefully, I do see that the selector is optional.