If there is highlighted text inside of a text input, how do I remove the selected text?

I set up a fiddle to show how far I got, but I can't figure out how to remove the given text.

<input type='text' value='stackoverflow' id='text1' />
<br />
<button id="btnSelect">select text</button>
<button id="btnRemove">remove selected text</button>

If there is highlighted text inside of a text input, how do I remove the selected text?

I set up a fiddle to show how far I got, but I can't figure out how to remove the given text.

<input type='text' value='stackoverflow.' id='text1' />
<br />
<button id="btnSelect">select text</button>
<button id="btnRemove">remove selected text</button>

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• 4 press backspace or delete – guradio Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 8:19
• <input type='text' value='' id='text1' />. Set value blank. – RJParikh Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 8:20
• Refer this: stackoverflow./questions/275761/… – Rayon Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 8:21

2 Answers 2

selectionStart and selectionEnd are there to get selected text from input tag .. check the demo

$("#btnSelect").click(function () {
    document.getElementById('txtbox').setSelectionRange(6, 12);
});
$("#btnRemove").click(function () {
    var ele  = document.getElementById('txtbox');
    var text = ele.value;
    
    text = text.slice(0, ele.selectionStart) + text.slice(ele.selectionEnd);
    ele.value = text;
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type='text' value='stackoverflow.' id='txtbox' />
<br />
<button id="btnSelect">select text</button>
<button id="btnRemove">remove selected text</button>

function removeText()
{
	document.getElementById('text1').value  = "";
}

<input type='text' value='stackoverflow.' id='text1' />
<br />
<button id="btnSelect">select text</button>
<button id="btnRemove" onclick="removeText()">remove selected text</button>