How to destroy a DOM element with jQuery?

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Is $target.remove(); what you're looking for?

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If you want to completely destroy the target, you have a couple of options. First you can remove the object from the DOM as described above...

console.log($target);   // jQuery object$target.remove();       // remove target from the DOMconsole.log($target);   // $target still exists

Option 1 - Then replace target with an empty jQuery object (jQuery 1.4+)

$target = $();console.log($target);   // empty jQuery object

Option 2 - Or delete the property entirely (will cause an error if you reference it elsewhere)

delete $target;console.log($target);   // error: $target is not defined

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You are looking for the .remove() function.

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