Remove text with jQuery

Question

Is there a way to remove text that is not wrapped in any tag using jQuery ```

This is some text

This is "unwrapped" text //to be removed some more text ``` Thank you for your help

Accepted Answer

Using the answer from this question:

```
$(elem)
  .contents()
  .filter(function() {
    return this.nodeType == 3; //Node.TEXT_NODE
  }).remove();
```

Solution