del

del

The HTML <del> element is used to represent deleted text or text that is visually marked out from the rest of the text around it. Perhaps after you delete some text you may want to <ins>(insert) some text to replace the text you just marked as deleted.

HTML CODE EXAMPLE

This is text. <del datetime="2011-11-19">This is removed text.</del> 

 

This is text. This is removed text.

Attributes for this element:

datetime - the date or date-time the text was deleted
Possible Values:"date-time sysntax as defined here"

cite - refer to a URL that explains why the text was deleted
Possible Values: "URL string"

global attributes - global core attributes
See: list of global attributes

Event handlers for this element:

global event handlers - global event handler attributes
See: list of global event handlers

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