Select all elements with class name start by specific string by jquery

Question

This is my HTML DOM:

 
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Answer 1

$('div').filter(function() {
  return $(this).has('span[class^="yak-bak"]');
}).remove();

DEMO

Or

$('div').filter(function() {
  return $(this).has('span[class^="yak-bak"], span[class*=" yak-bak"]');
}).remove();

But First one will enough.