remove table

HTML

<table id="fileTable" fileid="41" type="1" taskid="1" class="table table-striped clearfix" role="presentation" contenteditable="false">
    <tbody class="files">
        <tr class="template-upload">
            <td>
              <span class="preview">
                  <img src="http://i.imgur.com/L9yd8dE.gif" height="80" width="57" />
                </span>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="name">filename-1 2.pdf</p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="size">309074</p>
            </td>
            <td><a class="btn btn-sm red" href="#">Delete<i class="fa fa-exclamation"></i></a>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

var table = document.getElementById("fileTable");

window.onload = function () {
    table.outerHTML = 'I removed the table';
    console.log(table);
}