How to semantically delete text from an HTML document?

The approach of this article is to learn how to semantically delete text from an HTML document by using a <del> element inside the Document. This tag is used to mark a portion of text which has been deleted from the document.

Syntax:

<del> Contents... </del>

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 

<html> 

    <body> 

        <center> 

            <h1 style="color: green;"> 

              GeeksforGeeks</h1> 

            <h2>HTML5: How to semantically  

              delete text from an HTML document?</h2> 

            <p> 

                C language was developed by 

                <del style="color: red;" 

                     datetime="2018-11-21T15:55:03Z"> 

                  Charleas Babbage</del> 

                <ins style="color: green;"> 

                  Dennis Retchie</ins> 

            </p> 

        </center> 

    </body> 

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

Article Tags :

HTML

Web Technologies

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