How to Use RegEx in JS to remove/replace "<tagname>" from a HTML Document?

Question

I just want to remove opening tag of html element using JS' RegEx not its content(text)

Answer 1

This migth work

var reg = /<.+?>/gi;
var text = "<tag>Hello world</tag>";
var here = text.replace(reg, "");
console.log(here);

Answer 2

Thanks it is working,
However It removes every tag in a page, how can i select a specific tag like
<a href.......................>, <div .......>?
Beauty

Answer 3

var reg = /<a.*?>/gi

Answer 4

Sorry not /<a.*?>/gi

Use this
/<[\/]{0,1}(a)[^><]*>/gi

This is example to remove a tag from string

/<[\/]{0,1}(div)[^><]*>/gi

This is example to remove div tag from string