---
name: "up.element.isDetached"
area: "API"
kind: "JavaScript function"
parent: "up.element module"
visibility: "deprecated"
url: "https://unpoly.com/api/up.element.isDetached"
---
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# up.element.isDetached(element)

**This feature has been deprecated**. Use `!element.isConnected` instead.

Load [`unpoly-migrate.js`](https://unpoly.com/changes/upgrading.md) to polyfill deprecated features.

Returns whether the given element has been removed from the DOM tree.

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## Parameters {#parameters}

### element {#element}

(required)

Type: [Element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element)

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## Return value {#return-value}

Type: boolean