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Unloading/Removing content from an iFrame

rated 0 times [ 130] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 108889 / 15 Years ago, thu, august 20, 2009, 12:00:00

Is there anyway to unload a page that has been loaded inside an iframe? I do not want to change the iframe src to a blank page if possible. I am basically looking for something that will do something like this $('#frameID').attr(src,); except that code does not seem to clear the previously loaded page.

Is there a unload function that I can call which will reset the iframe so that it does not have any content loaded inside?

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answered 15 Years ago miles · Accepted Answer

The other solutions use innerHTML, which won't always work in XHTML. They also only clear document.body (anything in the <head> is still present). Here is a solution that uses the DOM:

var frame = document.getElementById(myFrame),

frameDoc = frame.contentDocument || frame.contentWindow.document;

frameDoc.removeChild(frameDoc.documentElement);

This solution uses innerHTML:

var frame = document.getElementById(myFrame),

frameDoc = frame.contentDocument || frame.contentWindow.document;

frameDoc.documentElement.innerHTML = ;