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HTML

<div id="remove_div" style="height:150px;width:350px;border:2px solid #000;background-color:grey;">
    <p>Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum .</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum .</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum .</p>
    </div>
    <button>Remove</button>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
        $("button").click(function(){
            $("#remove_div").empty();
        });
    });