JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select name="selectBox" id="selectBox">
    <option value="default">default</option>
    <option value="option1">option1</option>
    <option value="option2">option2</option>
    <option value="option3">option3</option>
    <option value="option4">option4</option>    
    </select>

JavaScript

$("#selectBox").click(function(){
   $("option[value='default']").remove();
})