HTML DOM adoptNode() Method (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

This **DOM adoptNode() method is used to **adopt a node from another document. All node types can be adopted. All child nodes along with the original node can be adopted. **AdoptNode() method is used to return node objects.

**Syntax:

document.adoptNode(node)

**Parameter Value: DOM adoptNode() method contains only one method described below.

**Return Value: It returns a node object, representing the adopted node.

**Example:

HTML `

Geeks Press 

<h4>Clicking on the 'Press' button
    will showcase adopt() method</h4>

<p id="gfg">

    <iframe src=

"https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/community/" 

</p>


<script>
    function adopt() {
        let frame =
            document.getElementsByTagName(
                "iframe")[0];

        let h =
            frame.contentWindow.document.getElementsByTagName(
                "button")[0];

        // 'h' is button type adopted node.
        let x = document.adoptNode(h);
        document.body.appendChild(x);
    }
</script>

`

**Note: All child nodes are adopted.

**Browser Support: The browsers support by **DOM adoptNode() method are listed below: