html
<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Occupation</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Bob</td>
      <td>Plumber</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jim</td>
      <td>Roofer</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

js
let table = document.querySelector("table");
table.deleteTHead();

Result

Specifications

Specification

HTML
# dom-table-deletethead-dev

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