const arr = [ { value: 'zhejiang', label: 'Zhejiang', children: [ { value: 'hangzhou', label: 'Hangzhou', children: [ { value: 'xihu', label: 'West Lake', }, ], }, ], }, { value: 'jiangsu', label: 'Jiangsu', children: [ { value: 'nanjing', label: 'Nanjing', children: [], }, ], }, { value: 'anhui', label: 'anhui', children: [], }, ]; const recursionRemoveEmpty = (data) => { data = data.filter((item) => { if (item.children) item.children = recursionRemoveEmpty(item.children); if (item.children && item.children.length === 0) delete item.children; return item; }); return data; }; const newArr = recursionRemoveEmpty(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(arr))); console.log(arr); console.log(newArr);