The Range.deleteContents() method removes the contents of the Range from the Document.
Unlike Range.extractContents(), this method does not return a DocumentFragment containing the deleted content.
Range.deleteContents()
Syntax
deleteContents()
Examples
range = document.createRange(); range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0)); range.deleteContents();
Specifications
| Specification |
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| DOM Standard # dom-range-deletecontents |
Browser compatibility
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
deleteContents |
1
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12
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1
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9
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9
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1
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1
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18
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4
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10.1
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1
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1.0
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See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/deleteContents
