Impact of $('script').detach();

Question

After having loaded all the scripts in a page, can I safely call $('script').detach(); to remove the scripts from the DOM?

Note: It is the equivalent of Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName("script")).forEach(script => script.remove())

Doing so would reduce the number of Node in the page and make certain queries faster (ex: $('*') ).

Are there any side effects of doing so? If not, why doesn't everyone use this trick?

Answer 1

you can, but in fact - if you use * selector a lot - tag script not your major problem.

And if you have more than 3-7-10 scripts on your pages - that's the sign to check your page/coding pipeline

So the answer is - yes, you can

Extended answer - in normal situation it won't give you any pos