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HTML
<div class="spandiv">div 1</div>
<div class="spandiv">div 2</div>
<div class="spandiv">div 3</div>
<div class="spandiv">div 4</div>
<div class="spandiv">div 5</div>
<div class="spandiv">div 6</div>
JavaScript
$( '.spandiv:not(:eq(1))' ).remove();