How to select all ancestors of an element in jQuery ?

Last Updated : 22 May, 2023

In this article, we will select all the ancestor elements of an element in jQuery. To select all ancestor elements of an element, the parents() method is used. This method is used to find all the parent elements related to the selected element. This method traverses all the levels up the selected element and returns all elements.

Syntax:

$(selector).parents()

Example: In this example, we are using the above method.

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