diff --git a/dist/ReactGraph.js b/dist/ReactGraph.js
index 650a2961..e4bf6324 100644
--- a/dist/ReactGraph.js
+++ b/dist/ReactGraph.js
@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@
   var isNode = function isNode(element) {
     return !element.source && !element.target;
   };
+  var removeElements = function removeElements(elements, elementsToRemove) {
+    var nodeIdsToRemove = elementsToRemove.filter(isNode).map(function (n) {
+      return n.id;
+    });
+    return elements.filter(function (e) {
+      return !nodeIdsToRemove.includes(e.id) && !nodeIdsToRemove.includes(e.target) && !nodeIdsToRemove.includes(e.source);
+    });
+  };
   var parseElements = function parseElements(e) {
     e.type = e.type || 'default';
 
@@ -33266,10 +33274,12 @@
 
   var isNode$1 = isNode;
   var isEdge$1 = isEdge;
+  var removeElements$1 = removeElements;
 
   exports.default = ReactGraph;
   exports.isEdge = isEdge$1;
   exports.isNode = isNode$1;
+  exports.removeElements = removeElements$1;
 
   Object.defineProperty(exports, '__esModule', { value: true });
 
diff --git a/example/SimpleGraph.js b/example/SimpleGraph.js
index ec00d214..1ef1fe28 100644
--- a/example/SimpleGraph.js
+++ b/example/SimpleGraph.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 
-import Graph, { isEdge, isNode } from '../src';
+import Graph, { isEdge, removeElements } from '../src';
 // import Graph from '../dist/ReactGraph';
 
 const SpecialNode = ({ data, onChange, styles }) => (
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@ class App extends PureComponent {
   }
 
   onLoad(graphInstance) {
-    this.graphInstance = graphInstance;
     console.log('graph loaded:', this.graphInstance);
-
     window.rg = graphInstance;
-    this.graphInstance.fitView();
 
+    this.graphInstance = graphInstance;
+    this.graphInstance.fitView();
     this.setState({
       graphLoaded: true
     });
@@ -98,17 +97,9 @@ class App extends PureComponent {
     this.graphInstance.zoomOut();
   }
 
-  onElementsRemove(elements) {
-    const nodeIds = elements.filter(isNode).map(n => n.id);
-
+  onElementsRemove(elementsToRemove) {
     this.setState(prevState => ({
-      elements: prevState.elements.filter(e => {
-        return (
-          !nodeIds.includes(e.id) &&
-          !nodeIds.includes(e.target) &&
-          !nodeIds.includes(e.source)
-        );
-      })
+      elements: removeElements(prevState.elements, elementsToRemove)
     }));
   }
 
diff --git a/src/graph-utils.js b/src/graph-utils.js
index 4790d322..36bdc1b9 100644
--- a/src/graph-utils.js
+++ b/src/graph-utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 export const isEdge = element => element.source && element.target;
+
 export const isNode = element => !element.source && !element.target;
 
+export const removeElements = (elements, elementsToRemove) => {
+  const nodeIdsToRemove = elementsToRemove.filter(isNode).map(n => n.id);
+
+  return elements.filter(e => {
+    return (
+      !nodeIdsToRemove.includes(e.id) &&
+      !nodeIdsToRemove.includes(e.target) &&
+      !nodeIdsToRemove.includes(e.source)
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 export const parseElements = e => {
   e.type = e.type || 'default';
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 55c616ef..2dc138ee 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import ReactGraph from './ReactGraph';
-import { isNode as isNodeRG , isEdge as isEdgeRG } from './graph-utils';
+import {
+  isNode as _isNode ,
+  isEdge as _isEdge,
+  removeElements as _removeElements
+} from './graph-utils';
 
-export const isNode = isNodeRG;
-export const isEdge = isEdgeRG;
+export const isNode = _isNode;
+export const isEdge = _isEdge;
+export const removeElements = _removeElements;
 
 export default ReactGraph;
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