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How to semantically delete text from an HTML document?

Last Updated : 10 Sep, 2020
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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

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