I have an HTML table filled with a number of rows.
How can I remove all the rows from the table?
Use .remove()
$("#yourtableid tr").remove();
If you want to keep the data for future use even after removing it then you can use .detach()
$("#yourtableid tr").detach();
If the rows are children of the table then you can use child selector instead of descendant selector, like
$("#yourtableid > tr").remove();