javascript create remove element code example

Example 1: javascript remove element

//remove a dom element
var element = document.getElementById("someId");
	element.parentNode.removeChild(element);

//remove element from array
var colors=["red","green","blue","yellow"];
var blue=colors.splice(2, 1);//first arg is array index to remove
//colors is now ["red","green","yellow"]

Example 2: js remove html element

// Get the element you want to remove
var element = document.getElementById(elementId);

// Get the parent and remove the element since it is a child of the parent
element.parentNode.removeChild(element);