Removing a wrapping element with jQuery

Question

Let's say I have:

<a href=''>
    <div>hello</div>
</a>

I want to remove the A element so to obtain:

<div>hello</div>

Can this be done in jQuery?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9386544/remove-wrapping-div-and-leave-all-sub-divs-intact — Girish Sakhare, Oct 24 '13 at 11:17

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 11:15

5

$('div').unwrap();

answered Oct 24 '13 at 11:15

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 11:15

2

$('div').unwrap();

answered Oct 24 '13 at 11:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 24 '13 at 11:17

1

The .unwrap() method removes the element's parent.

$('div').unwrap();

edited Oct 24 '13 at 11:17

Irvin Dominin

answered Oct 24 '13 at 11:17

Maz I

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