jQuery empty() example

The empty() method removes all child nodes and content from the selected elements.

Description

Remove all child nodes of the set of matched elements from the DOM.

Syntax

.empty()
$(selector).empty() This method does not accept any arguments.

Examples

Example 1

Removes all child nodes (including text nodes) from all paragraphs
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>empty demo</title>
    <style>
        p {
            background: yellow;
        }
    </style>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js"></script>
</head>

<body>

    <p>
        Hello, <span>Person</span> <em>and person</em>.
    </p>

    <button>Call empty() on above paragraph</button>

    <script>
        $("button").click(function() {
            $("p").empty();
        });
    </script>

</body>

</html>
Try it Yourself - Copy paste code in Online HTML Editor to see the result

Example 2

Remove the content of all
elements:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("button").click(function() {
                $("div").empty();
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>

<body>

    <div style="height:100px;background-color:yellow">
        This is some text
        <p>This is a paragraph inside the div.</p>
    </div>

    <p>This is a paragraph outside the div.</p>

    <button>Remove content of the div element</button>

</body>

</html>
Try it Yourself - Copy paste code in Online HTML Editor to see the result

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