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title: "What does document.getElementById() return?"  
description: "What does document.getElementById() return?"  
author: "Yash Srivastava"  
published: 2026-07-09  
updated: 2026-07-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116938/what-does-document-getelementbyid-return  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["javascript", "web development"]  

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# What does document.getElementById() return?


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