Question

How can i remove the span element via jquery?

I cannot count on li id selector because all ol is being built dynamically

<div class="on">
    <ol id="selectable" class="ui-selectable">
        <li id="11_3_6" class="ui-widget-content ui-selectee">11.3.6</li>
        <li id="10_3_16" class="ui-widget-content ui-selectee">10.3.16</li>
        <li id="11_2_26" class="ui-widget-content ui-selectee ui-selected">11.2.26<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-check"></span></li>
        <li id="9_1_53" class="ui-widget-content ui-selectee">9.1.53</li>
    </ol>
</div>

I don’t want to remove the entire li. just the span

Answer 1

You could do…

$("li span").remove();