The HTMLSelectElement.remove() method removes the element at the specified index from the options collection for this select element.
HTMLSelectElement.remove()
Syntax
remove(index)
Parameters
-
indexis a zero-based long for the index of theHTMLOptionElementto remove from the collection. If the index is not found the method has no effect.
Examples
<select id="existingList" name="existingList"> <option value="1">Option: Value 1</option> <option value="2">Option: Value 2</option> <option value="3">Option: Value 3</option> </select>
let sel = document.getElementById("existingList"); sel.remove(1);
HTML is now:
<select id="existingList" name="existingList"> <option value="1">Option: Value 1</option> <option value="3">Option: Value 3</option> </select>
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-select-remove |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
remove |
1
|
12
|
1
|
5.5
|
≤12.1
|
3
|
1
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
See also
-
Element.remove, the method that gets called when remove is called without arguments on aHTMLSelectElement. -
HTMLSelectElementthat implements it.
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