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9,395 Pointsi used the parent element had parent.removeChild at first but then parent.removeMe
removeMe = parent.removeChild
var removeMe = document.querySelector('.remove_me');
var parent = removeMe.parentNode;
parent.removeMe;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Parent Traversal</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<ul>
<li>Hello</li>
<li>Hi</li>
<li class="remove_me">Good bye!</li>
<li>Howdy</li>
</ul>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Alexandra Hadjidaki
26,496 PointsYou traversed to the parent of the removeMe
element correctly (part 1 of 2):
var parent = removeMe.parentNode;
To remove the removeMe
element from the parent
element, use the removeChild
method (part 2 of 2):
parent.removeChild(removeMe);