Remove an element by its contents $("p") in jQuery

Description

The following code shows how to remove an element by its contents $("p").

Example


<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){<!--from w w w.  j a  v  a  2s .c  o m-->
$("p").remove(":contains('Hello')");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p class="hello">Hello</p>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Remove an element by its contents $("p") in jQuery

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