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Asked: 2026-06-07T03:52:51+00:00

I have a <p> tag without an id attribute that I’d like to remove.

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I have a <p> tag without an id attribute that I’d like to remove. Would I be able to use a generic DOM string to access this element?

<html> 
    <body>
        <div>
            <p> // yada yada 
            </p>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

In my instance I’m trying to remove the paragraph element with jQuery by: 

$(function () {
    var remove = $(" /*Generic label goes here */ ").remove();
});

I thought it would be document.body.div.firstChild Is something like this possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use normal css selectors within jQuery:

    $(function () {
    var remove = $("body div p:first-child").remove();
});

    If you just want top level divs inside body, use body > div p:first-child. if you only want p elements which are direct childs of body, use body > div > p:first-child.

    Depending on what you need, you can also get all p elements and then iterate over them!

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