Opposite of append in jquery

Question

I use .append to add to a div

$(this).append(\'
test
\');

how can I search for a

Answer 1

What you also should consider, is keeping a reference to the created element, then you can easily remove it specificly:

   var newUL = $('
test
');
   $(this).append(newUL);

   // Later ...

   newUL.remove();