In this article I will explain with an example, how to delete (remove) all rows from an HTML Table except First (Header) row using JavaScript and jQuery.
Delete all rows from Table except First (Header) row using JavaScript
The following HTML Markup consists of an HTML Table with a Header row and three other rows and a Button. The Button has been assigned a JavaScript OnClick event handler.
When the Button is clicked, the DeleteRows JavaScript function is executed. Inside this function, first the total count of rows present in the HTML Table is determined and then a reverse loop is executed which deletes each row of the HTML Table except the First (Header) row using the JavaScript deleteRow function.
<table id="tblCustomers" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th style="width: 90px">Customer Id</th>
<th style="width: 120px">Name</th>
<th style="width: 90px">Country</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>John Hammond</td>
<td>United States</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Mudassar Khan</td>
<td>India</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Suzanne Mathews</td>
<td>France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Robert Schidner</td>
<td>Russia</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr />
<input type="button" id="btnDelete" value="Delete Rows" onclick="DeleteRows()" />
<script type="text/javascript">
function DeleteRows() {
var rowCount = tblCustomers.rows.length;
for (var i = rowCount - 1; i > 0; i--) {
tblCustomers.deleteRow(i);
}
}
</script>
Delete all rows from Table except First (Header) row using jQuery
The following HTML Markup consists of an HTML Table with a Header row and three other rows and a Button. The Button has been assigned a jQuery OnClick event handler.
When the Button is clicked, all the TR (Table Row) elements except the First (Header) row are selected and then removed using the jQuery remove function.
<table id="tblCustomers" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th style="width: 90px">Customer Id</th>
<th style="width: 120px">Name</th>
<th style="width: 90px">Country</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>John Hammond</td>
<td>United States</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Mudassar Khan</td>
<td>India</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Suzanne Mathews</td>
<td>France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Robert Schidner</td>
<td>Russia</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<hr />
<input type="button" id="btnDelete" value="Delete Rows" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
$("#btnDelete").click(function () {
$("#tblCustomers").find("tr:not(:first)").remove();
});
});
</script>
Screenshot
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