JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div>

  somedirtytexthere.

  <h1>header 1</h1>
  <p>ok this text is cool</p>
    
  This should not get removed
</div>

JavaScript

$("div")
        .contents()
        .filter(function () {
            return this.nodeType === 3;
        }).first().remove();