HTMLOptionsCollection: remove() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The remove() method of the HTMLOptionsCollection interface removes the <option> element specified by the index from this collection.
Syntax
js
remove(index)
Parameters
index-
A zero-based integer for the index of the
HTMLOptionElementin theHTMLOptionsCollection. If the index is not found the method has no effect.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
js
const optionList = document.querySelector("select").options;
const listLength = optionList.length;
optionList.remove(listLength - 1); // removes the last item
optionList.remove(0); // removes the first item
Specifications
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| HTML # dom-htmloptionscollection-remove-dev |