Remove html string with jQuery

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I have a peice of HTML that is being dynamically created from who knows where. Instead of tracking it down can I just run some jQuery to remove it? I want to delete all instances of:

<div style="clear:both"></div>

I would be careful removing that. You generally see that when you have elements with float:left or float:right. It allows the parent element of those floats to dynamically grow with them. — James
– James, Commented Jul 18, 2013 at 2:05

prospector · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-18 02:18:22Z

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You could consider something like this:

$('div[style*=both]').remove();

edited Jul 18, 2013 at 2:18

answered Jul 18, 2013 at 2:04

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Heather Over a year ago

This seems like what I'd need but I can't get it to work: <div style="float:left;"> Hello </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> <div style="float:left;"> Hello </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $('#body div[style*=clear:both]').remove(); </script>

TGH · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-18 02:01:49Z

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$("div").remove();

The above will remove all divs.

You might want to provide some more context, to limit the removal to this particular div though.

answered Jul 18, 2013 at 2:01

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TGH Over a year ago

I would however attempt where the div originates from though since this is basically sweeping an unknown problem under the rug

TGH Over a year ago

Another consideration is that removing a "clear:both" element might have visual side effects if other elements are floating

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