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HTML
<a href="/search.aspx?search=something" class="keyword"><span class="tags">#</span></a>
<a href="/search.aspx?search=something" class="keyword"><span class="tags">#</span></a>
<a href="/search.aspx?search=something" class="keyword"><span class="tags">#Sometext</span></a>
JavaScript
$('a').filter(function(){
return $.trim(this.text) === '#';
}).remove();