Why can't I delay a remove call with jQuery

Question

I would like for a div to fadeOut and then be removed:

 $(\'#div\').delay(1000).fadeOut(300);
 $(\'#div\').delay(1300).remove();

Unfortunately,

Answer 1

If you want the element to be removed after it's done being faded out, you can fadeOut's callback parameter.

$('#div').delay(1000).fadeOut(300, function(){
   $(this).remove();
});