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HTML
<div id="div1" style="height:100px;width:300px;border:1px solid black;background-color:yellow;">This is some text in the div.
<p>This is a paragraph in the div.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph in the div.</p>
</div>
<br>
<button>Empty the div element</button>
JavaScript
// empty() - Removes the child elements from the selected element
$("button").click(function () {
$("#div1").empty();
});