Javascript DOM How to - Remove DOM node without leaving whitespace

Question

We would like to know how to remove DOM node without leaving whitespace.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
window.onload=function(){<!--from w  w w.  j  a v  a  2 s  . co m-->
    var elem = document.getElementById('baz');
    elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
  ... foo
  <span id="baz">removed</span>bar ...
</body>
</html>

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