hide tr
HTML
<table>
<thead>
<th>1</th>
<th>2</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>some text</tr>
<tr>some other text</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>click</div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$('div').on("click",function(){
alert("starting..");
$('tr').hide('fast', function(){ $('tr').remove(); });
});
});