<title>jQuery detach()</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
.highlight{font-size:18px;color:#11a286}
<div id="divjQuery">lorem ipsum dolor sit.</div>
<input type='button' id='btnRemove' Value='Remove Div' />
<input type='button' id='btnAdd' Value='Add Div' />
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#btnAdd').attr('disabled','disabled');
$("#divjQuery").hover(function() {
$(this).addClass('highlight');
$(this).removeClass('highlight');
$('#btnRemove').click(function() {
divjQuery = $("#divjQuery").remove();
$(this).attr('disabled','disabled');
$('#btnAdd').removeAttr('disabled');
$('#btnAdd').click(function() {
$("#dvParent").html(divjQuery);
$(this).attr('disabled','disabled');
$('#btnRemove').removeAttr('disabled');
<div id="divjQueryDetach">lorem ipsum dolor sit. </div>
<input type='button' id='btnDetach' Value='Detach Div' />
<input type='button' id='btnAttach' Value='Re-attach Div' />
$(document).ready(function() {
var divjQueryDetach = null;
$('#btnAttach').attr('disabled','disabled');
$("#divjQueryDetach").hover(function() {
$(this).addClass('highlight');
$(this).removeClass('highlight');
$('#btnDetach').click(function() {
divjQueryDetach = $("#divjQueryDetach").detach();
$(this).attr('disabled','disabled');
$('#btnAttach').removeAttr('disabled');
$('#btnAttach').click(function() {
$("#divParent").html(divjQueryDetach);
$(this).attr('disabled','disabled');
$('#btnDetach').removeAttr('disabled');