---
title: removeEmptyText
svgo:
  pluginId: removeEmptyText
  defaultPlugin: true
  parameters:
    text:
      description: If to remove empty [`<text>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/SVG/Element/text) elements.
      default: true
    tspan:
      description: If to remove empty [`<tspan>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/SVG/Element/tspan) elements.
      default: true
    tref:
      description: If to remove empty [`<tref>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/SVG/Element/tref) elements.
      default: true
---

Removes empty [`<text>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/SVG/Element/text) and [`<tspan>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/SVG/Element/tspan) elements, and [`<tref>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/SVG/Element/tref) elements that don't reference another node in the document.

:::info

No browsers supports `<tref>`, so it's best to avoid that element regardless.

:::