remove new div after 5 seconds

Question

i want to add a div and after 5 seconds remove it. i tried

$("#mainContentTD").prepend("<div style='color: #038a00; padding-bottom:10px;'>Your detailes where sucsesfuly... </div>").delay(5000).remove("this:first-child");

Answer 1

You can use setTimeout like this:

setTimeout(function(){
  $('#divID').remove();
}, 5000);

The 5000 (ms) means 5 seconds. You should replace divID with your own div/element id.

You can make sure that the div exists first using length:

setTimeout(function(){
  if ($('#divID').length > 0) {
    $('#divID').remove();
  }
}, 5000)