How to delete all table rows except first one using jQuery?

Last Updated : 09 Feb, 2021

Given an HTML document containing an HTML table and the task is to delete the table row except the first one using jQuery.

Approach: First, we create a table using <table> tag and add a button containing btn id. When a user clicks on the button, then the jQuery function is called. The jQuery function removes all the rows except the first one using the remove() method.

Syntax:

$('#btn').click(function () {
    $("#rTable").find("tr:gt(0)").remove();
});

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" 
        content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 
         
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <style> 
        table, 
        th, 
        td { 
            border: 1px solid black; 
            border-collapse: collapse; 
        } 
  
        th, 
        td { 
            padding: 20px; 
        } 
    </style> 
  
    <script> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $('#btn').click(function () { 
                $("#rTable").find("tr:gt(0)").remove(); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h4> 
            Delete all table rows except 
            first one using jQuery 
        </h4> 
  
        <table style="width:50%" id="rTable"> 
            <tr> 
                <th>Firstname</th> 
                <th>Lastname</th> 
                <th>Age</th> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
                <td>Priya</td> 
                <td>Sharma</td> 
                <td>24</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
                <td>Arun</td> 
                <td>Singh</td> 
                <td>32</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
                <td>Sam</td> 
                <td>Watson</td> 
                <td>41</td> 
            </tr> 
        </table> 
        <br><br> 
  
        <button id="btn"> 
            Remove All Row Except First One 
        </button> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>