jquery remove list item where .text() = 'blabla'

Question

I have the following structure

 
something
 ...
 
blabla
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Answer 1

$('li > a:contains("blabla")').remove();

Have a look at the :contains selector.

I've just noticed that :contains does partial matching. You may need to do...

$('li > a:contains("blabla")').each(function() {
     if ($(this).text() === 'blabla') {
         $(this).parent().remove();
     }
});

You could also make the selector less strict if doing it that way.

... or you could do it much neater like Nick Craver.