freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/03-front-end-libraries/jquery/remove-an-element-using-jquery.english.md

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id: bad87fee1348bd9aed708826
title: Remove an Element Using jQuery
challengeType: 6
forumTopicId: 18262
---

## Description
<section id='description'>
Now let's remove an HTML element from your page using jQuery.
jQuery has a function called <code>.remove()</code> that will remove an HTML element entirely
Remove element <code>target4</code> from the page by using the <code>.remove()</code> function.
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## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>

</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: Use jQuery to remove your <code>target4</code> element from your page.
    testString: assert($("#target4").length === 0 && code.match(/\$\(["']#target4["']\).remove\(\)/g));
  - text: Only use jQuery to remove this element.
    testString: assert(code.match(/id="target4/g) && !code.match(/<!--.*id="target4".*-->/g) && $("#right-well").length > 0);

```

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## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>

<div id='html-seed'>

```html
<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $("#target1").css("color", "red");
    $("#target1").prop("disabled", true);

  });
</script>

<!-- Only change code above this line. -->

<div class="container-fluid">
  <h3 class="text-primary text-center">jQuery Playground</h3>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col-xs-6">
      <h4>#left-well</h4>
      <div class="well" id="left-well">
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target1">#target1</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target2">#target2</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target3">#target3</button>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col-xs-6">
      <h4>#right-well</h4>
      <div class="well" id="right-well">
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target4">#target4</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target5">#target5</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target6">#target6</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
```

</div>



</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>

```html
<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $("#target1").css("color", "red");
    $("#target1").prop("disabled", true);
    $("#target4").remove();
  });
</script>

<!-- Only change code above this line. -->

<div class="container-fluid">
  <h3 class="text-primary text-center">jQuery Playground</h3>
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col-xs-6">
      <h4>#left-well</h4>
      <div class="well" id="left-well">
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target1">#target1</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target2">#target2</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target3">#target3</button>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col-xs-6">
      <h4>#right-well</h4>
      <div class="well" id="right-well">
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target4">#target4</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target5">#target5</button>
        <button class="btn btn-default target" id="target6">#target6</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
```

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