HTML DOM Del Object

The Del Object in HTML DOM is used to represent the HTML <del> element. The <del> element can be accessed by getElementById().

Object Properties:

cite: It is used to set or return the value of the cite attribute of a deleted element.
dateTime: It is used to sets or return the value of the dateTime attribute of a deleted element.

Syntax:

document.getElementById("ID");

Where the ID attribute is the ID assigned to the <del> tag.

Example 1: In this example, we will see the use of DOM Del Object

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>HTML DOM Del Object</title>
    <style>
        del {
            color: red;
        }
        ins {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
   
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM Del Object</h2>
    <p>
        GeeksforGeeks is a
        <del id="GFG" datetime="2018-11-21T15:55:03Z">
            mathematical
        </del> <ins>computer</ins>
        science portal
    </p>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
    <p id="sudo"></p>
   
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let g = document.getElementById("GFG").dateTime;
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = g;
        }
    </script>
</body>
   
</html>

Output:

Example 2: Del Object can be created by using the document.createElement Method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Del Object
    </title>
    <style>
        del {
            color: red;
        }
 
        ins {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
   
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM Del Object</h2>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
    <p id="sudo"></p>
   
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            let g = document.createElement("DEL");
            let f = document.createTextNode("GeeksforGeeks");
            g.appendChild(f);
            document.body.appendChild(g);
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>