HTMLTableElement: deleteCaption() method

The HTMLTableElement.deleteCaption() method removes the <caption> element from a given <table>. If there is no <caption> element associated with the table, this method does nothing.

Syntax

deleteCaption()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

This example uses JavaScript to delete a table’s caption.

HTML

<table>
  <caption>
    This caption will be deleted!
  </caption>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Cell 1.1</td>
      <td>Cell 1.2</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cell 2.1</td>
      <td>Cell 2.2</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

let table = document.querySelector("table");
table.deleteCaption();

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility