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In addition to modifying or creating an element from scratch, the DOM also allows for the removal of an element. The .removeChild() method removes a specified child from a parent.

let paragraph = document.querySelector('p');
document.body.removeChild(paragraph);

In the above example code, the .querySelector() method returns the first paragraph in the document. Then, the paragraph element is passed as an argument of the .removeChild() method chained to the parent of the paragraph—document.body. This removes the first paragraph from the document body.

If you want to hide an element rather than completely deleting it, the .hidden property allows you to hide it by setting the property as true or false:

document.getElementById('sign').hidden = true;

The code above did not remove the element with ID of 'sign' from the DOM but rather, hid it.

Instructions

1.

First, save the element with the ID of vespa as a variable named elementToRemove.

2.

The elementToRemove element is a child of the list of top attractions with the ID of italy-attractions.

Remove the elementToRemove element from its parent.

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