remove textarea with button

[MDanz]

This code adds a new textarea when i press the "add" button.  How do i alter the code so it can remove a textarea.

 

e.g. i added 4 textarea's but i only intended to add 3, how do i delete the 4th textarea?

 

<div id='newdiv'>
</div>

 

<input type='button' onclick='new()' name='add' value='Add' style='font-size:12px;' />

 

 
function new() {
var htmlText =  "<div class='container'><textarea name='reason[]' style='font-size: 10px;width:500px; height:50px;' onFocus='if(this.value==\"type more information"\") { this.value=\"\"}'>type more information</textarea></div>"; 
      		
        var newElement = document.createElement('div');

        newElement.id = 'new1'; // Give the DIV an ID, if you need to reference it later...

 newElement.innerHTML = htmlText;

     var fieldsArea = document.getElementById('newdiv');
fieldsArea.appendChild(newElement);

}

[RichardRotterdam]

Removing a textarea element is not a matter of simply modifying  that code you pasted. You need new functionality to accomplish what you are describing. You could add a new delete button with the textarea you create and add a delete event for the textarea element next to it.