JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<table id="mytable">
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>code</td>
<td>
<input type="text"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
</table>
JavaScript
console.log($("#mytable tr:first td:eq(2)").remove());