jQuery Selector How to - Remove tag containing certain text

Question

We would like to know how to remove tag containing certain text.

Answer


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<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.js'></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
             $("p").remove(":contains('Hello')");
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
       <p class="hello">Hello</p>
  </body>
</html>

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