Is there an easy way to clear an SVG element's contents?

Question

In HTML, I can clear a

element with this command:

div.innerHTML = \"\";

Is there an equivalent if I have an

Answer 1

You can use the clone and replace the element with the cloned one.

    var parentElement = svg.parentElement
    var emptySvg = svg.cloneNode(false);
    parentElement.removeChild(svg);
    parentElement.appendChild(emptySvg);

This will append the svg at the end, you might want to get the element before and append accordinaly