Question

i have a dropdown and i want to clear all items from it using jquery. i see a lot of google links about removing selected item but i want to clear ALL items from a dropdown.

what is the best way of removing all items from a select dropdown list?

Answer 1

BEST way: use .empty()

$('select').empty();

DEMO

Note: Use .remove() when you want to remove the element itself, as well as everything inside it