Removes the specified Element from the set of matched elements. This method is used to remove a single Element from a jQuery object. An element to remove from the set Removes the element with the ID "selected" from the set of all paragraphs. <p>Hello</p><p id="selected">Hello Again</p> $("p").not( $("#selected")[0] ) [ <p>Hello</p> ] Removes elements matching the specified expression from the set of matched elements. This method is used to remove one or more elements from a jQuery object. An expression with which to remove matching elements Removes the element with the ID "selected" from the set of all paragraphs. <p>Hello</p><p id="selected">Hello Again</p> $("p").not("#selected") [ <p>Hello</p> ] Removes any elements inside the array of elements from the set of matched elements. This method is used to remove one or more elements from a jQuery object. Please note: the expression cannot use a reference to the element name. See the two examples below. A set of elements to remove from the jQuery set of matched elements. Removes all elements that match "div p.selected" from the total set of all paragraphs. <div><p>Hello</p><p class="selected">Hello Again</p></div> $("p").not( $("div p.selected") ) [ <p>Hello</p> ]