element.remove()
The DOM is organized in a tree of nodes, where each node has a value, along with a list of references to its child nodes. So element.parentNode.removeChild(element) mimics exactly what is happening internally: First you go the parent node, then remove the reference to the child node.
As of DOM4, a helper function is provided to do the same thing: element.remove(). This works in 96% of browsers (as of 2020), but not IE 11. If you need to support older browsers, you can:
- Remove elements via the parent node, as in the question,
- modify the native DOM functions, as in Johan Dettmar’s answer, or
- use a DOM4 polyfill.
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