SO - 30230241

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<div>
    <p>sdfsdfsfsf</p>
    <!--<p>testing</p>-->
</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    var $clone = $("div").clone();
    $clone.contents().contents().addBack().filter(function () {
        return this.nodeType == Node.COMMENT_NODE;
    }).remove();
    console.log($clone.html());
});