I want to hide a div which is inside a iframe , is there any way to hide a div by its attributes example: i have a iframe i need to hide the div id="content" content in php.net <iframe src="http://php.net/" id = 'iframe'> <div id="content">...</div> </iframe> Dont know where i am doing mistake, please help me to resolve this issue function hideIt(){ document.getElementById('iframe').contentWindow.document.getElementById('content').style.display = 'none'; }