Answers for "delete node in javascript"

javascript remove dom element

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

delete node in javascript

<ul id="shoppinglist">
        <li class="complete"> Apple [<a href="#">Delete</a>] </li>
        <li class="complete"> banana [<a href="#">Delete</a>]</li>
        <li class="complete"> mango [<a href="#">Delete</a>]</li>
        <li class="complete"> guava [<a href="#">Delete</a>]</li>
    </ul>
            

// Set up event listeners to call itemDone() on click
document.getElementById("shoppinglist").addEventListener('click', function(e) {
    deleteNode(e);
}, false);


function deleteNode(e) {
    var target, elParent, elGrandParent;

    //Remove Item From the list
    target = e.target;
    // alert(e.target.value);
    elParent = target.parentNode;
    elGrandParent = elParent.parentNode;

    alert(target.parentNode.innerHTML + " Removed From Cart")
    elGrandParent.removeChild(elParent);

    //prevent the link from taking you elsewhere
    e.preventDefault();
}

Removing DOM nodes when traversing a NodeList

NodeList nodes = ...;
for (int i = nodes.getLength() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
  Element e = (Element)nodes.item(i);
   if (certain criteria involving Element e) {
    e.getParentNode().removeChild(e);
  }
}