HTMLSelectElement.remove()

The HTMLSelectElement.remove() method removes the element at the specified index from the options collection for this select element.

collection.remove(index);

• index is a long for the index of the HTMLOptionElement to remove from the collection. If the index is not found the method has no effect.

var sel = document.getElementById("existingList");
sel.remove(1);

/*
  Takes the existing following select object:

  <select id="existingList" name="existingList">
    <option value="1">Option: Value 1</option>
    <option value="2">Option: Value 2</option>
    <option value="3">Option: Value 3</option>
  </select>

  And changes it to:

  <select id="existingList" name="existingList">
    <option value="1">Option: Value 1</option>
    <option value="3">Option: Value 3</option>
  </select>
*/

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• ChildNode.remove, the method that gets called when remove is called without arguments on a HTMLSelectElement.
• HTMLSelectElement that implements it.