Remove text with jQuery

Question

Is there a way to remove text that is not wrapped in any tag using jQuery

This is some text

This is \"unwrapped\" text //to be removed

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Answer 1

Wrapping it in a DOM element would mean jQuery can find it:

eg:

var text = 'This is "unwrapped" text';

$("div:contains('" + text + "')").remove();

or just:

$('p').next().remove();