Remove all children of a node

Written byPhuoc Nguyen

#1. Empty the inner HTML (not recommended)

ele.innerHTML = '';

This method isn't recommended because it doesn't remove event handlers of child node. Hence, it might cause a memory leak if you are managing a big list of elements.

#2. Remove child nodes

Remove its child node until it doesn't have any children.

while (node.firstChild) {
    node.removeChild(node.firstChild);
}

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Remove all children of a node

#1. Empty the inner HTML (not recommended)

#2. Remove child nodes

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