how to store node in js before removing it 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: javascript remove dom element

var elem = document.querySelector('#some-element');
elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);