Tryit Editor v1.8

Source Code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="../../ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ $("div").empty(); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <div style="height:100px;background-color:yellow"> This is some text <p>This is a paragraph inside the div.</p> </div> <p>This is a paragraph outside the div.</p> <button>Remove content of the div element</button> </body> </html>
Result:
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