jQuery: append() object, remove() it with delay()

Question

what\'s wrong with that?

$(\'body\').append(\"
Upload successful!
\");
$(\'.message\').delay(2000).remove();
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Answer 1

Maybe I'm using an outdated jQuery, but none of the methods suggested in other answers seem to work for me. According to http://api.jquery.com/delay/ , delay is for animation effects.

Using setTimeout() however, works nicely for me:

$('body').append("
Upload successful!
"); 
setTimeout(function(){
    $(".message").remove();
}, 2000);