function remove(name, vars, node, similar) {
			var formatList = get(name), format = formatList[0], bookmark, rng, contentEditable = true;

			// Merges the styles for each node
			function process(node) {
				var children, i, l, lastContentEditable, hasContentEditableState;

				// Node has a contentEditable value
				if (node.nodeType === 1 && getContentEditable(node)) {
					lastContentEditable = contentEditable;
					contentEditable = getContentEditable(node) === "true";
					hasContentEditableState = true; // We don't want to wrap the container only it's children
				}

				// Grab the children first since the nodelist might be changed
				children = grep(node.childNodes);

				// Process current node
				if (contentEditable && !hasContentEditableState) {
					for (i = 0, l = formatList.length; i < l; i++) {
						if (removeFormat(formatList[i], vars, node, node)) {
							break;
						}
					}
				}

				// Process the children
				if (format.deep) {
					if (children.length) {
						for (i = 0, l = children.length; i < l; i++) {
							process(children[i]);
						}

						if (hasContentEditableState) {
							contentEditable = lastContentEditable; // Restore last contentEditable state from stack
						}
					}
				}
			}

			function findFormatRoot(container) {
				var formatRoot;

				// Find format root
				each(getParents(container.parentNode).reverse(), function(parent) {
					var format;

					// Find format root element
					if (!formatRoot && parent.id != '_start' && parent.id != '_end') {
						// Is the node matching the format we are looking for
						format = matchNode(parent, name, vars, similar);
						if (format && format.split !== false) {
							formatRoot = parent;
						}
					}
				});

				return formatRoot;
			}

			function wrapAndSplit(formatRoot, container, target, split) {
				var parent, clone, lastClone, firstClone, i, formatRootParent;

				// Format root found then clone formats and split it
				if (formatRoot) {
					formatRootParent = formatRoot.parentNode;

					for (parent = container.parentNode; parent && parent != formatRootParent; parent = parent.parentNode) {
						clone = dom.clone(parent, FALSE);

						for (i = 0; i < formatList.length; i++) {
							if (removeFormat(formatList[i], vars, clone, clone)) {
								clone = 0;
								break;
							}
						}

						// Build wrapper node
						if (clone) {
							if (lastClone) {
								clone.appendChild(lastClone);
							}

							if (!firstClone) {
								firstClone = clone;
							}

							lastClone = clone;
						}
					}

					// Never split block elements if the format is mixed
					if (split && (!format.mixed || !isBlock(formatRoot))) {
						container = dom.split(formatRoot, container);
					}

					// Wrap container in cloned formats
					if (lastClone) {
						target.parentNode.insertBefore(lastClone, target);
						firstClone.appendChild(target);
					}
				}

				return container;
			}

			function splitToFormatRoot(container) {
				return wrapAndSplit(findFormatRoot(container), container, container, true);
			}

			function unwrap(start) {
				var node = dom.get(start ? '_start' : '_end'),
					out = node[start ? 'firstChild' : 'lastChild'];

				// If the end is placed within the start the result will be removed
				// So this checks if the out node is a bookmark node if it is it
				// checks for another more suitable node
				if (isBookmarkNode(out)) {
					out = out[start ? 'firstChild' : 'lastChild'];
				}

				// Since dom.remove removes empty text nodes then we need to try to find a better node
				if (out.nodeType == 3 && out.data.length === 0) {
					out = start ? node.previousSibling || node.nextSibling : node.nextSibling || node.previousSibling;
				}

				dom.remove(node, true);

				return out;
			}

			function removeRngStyle(rng) {
				var startContainer, endContainer;
				var commonAncestorContainer = rng.commonAncestorContainer;

				rng = expandRng(rng, formatList, TRUE);

				if (format.split) {
					startContainer = getContainer(rng, TRUE);
					endContainer = getContainer(rng);

					if (startContainer != endContainer) {
						// WebKit will render the table incorrectly if we wrap a TH or TD in a SPAN
						// so let's see if we can use the first child instead
						// This will happen if you triple click a table cell and use remove formatting
						if (/^(TR|TH|TD)$/.test(startContainer.nodeName) && startContainer.firstChild) {
							if (startContainer.nodeName == "TR") {
								startContainer = startContainer.firstChild.firstChild || startContainer;
							} else {
								startContainer = startContainer.firstChild || startContainer;
							}
						}

						// Try to adjust endContainer as well if cells on the same row were selected - bug #6410
						if (commonAncestorContainer &&
							/^T(HEAD|BODY|FOOT|R)$/.test(commonAncestorContainer.nodeName) &&
							isTableCell(endContainer) && endContainer.firstChild) {
							endContainer = endContainer.firstChild || endContainer;
						}

						if (dom.isChildOf(startContainer, endContainer) && !isBlock(endContainer) &&
							!isTableCell(startContainer) && !isTableCell(endContainer)) {
							startContainer = wrap(startContainer, 'span', {id: '_start', 'data-mce-type': 'bookmark'});
							splitToFormatRoot(startContainer);
							startContainer = unwrap(TRUE);
							return;
						}

						// Wrap start/end nodes in span element since these might be cloned/moved
						startContainer = wrap(startContainer, 'span', {id: '_start', 'data-mce-type': 'bookmark'});
						endContainer = wrap(endContainer, 'span', {id: '_end', 'data-mce-type': 'bookmark'});

						// Split start/end
						splitToFormatRoot(startContainer);
						splitToFormatRoot(endContainer);

						// Unwrap start/end to get real elements again
						startContainer = unwrap(TRUE);
						endContainer = unwrap();
					} else {
						startContainer = endContainer = splitToFormatRoot(startContainer);
					}

					// Update range positions since they might have changed after the split operations
					rng.startContainer = startContainer.parentNode ? startContainer.parentNode : startContainer;
					rng.startOffset = nodeIndex(startContainer);
					rng.endContainer = endContainer.parentNode ? endContainer.parentNode : endContainer;
					rng.endOffset = nodeIndex(endContainer) + 1;
				}

				// Remove items between start/end
				rangeUtils.walk(rng, function(nodes) {
					each(nodes, function(node) {
						process(node);

						// Remove parent span if it only contains text-decoration: underline, yet a parent node is also underlined.
						if (node.nodeType === 1 && ed.dom.getStyle(node, 'text-decoration') === 'underline' &&
							node.parentNode && getTextDecoration(node.parentNode) === 'underline') {
							removeFormat({
								'deep': false,
								'exact': true,
								'inline': 'span',
								'styles': {
									'textDecoration': 'underline'
								}
							}, null, node);
						}
					});
				});
			}

			// Handle node
			if (node) {
				if (node.nodeType) {
					rng = dom.createRng();
					rng.setStartBefore(node);
					rng.setEndAfter(node);
					removeRngStyle(rng);
				} else {
					removeRngStyle(node);
				}

				return;
			}

			if (getContentEditable(selection.getNode()) === "false") {
				node = selection.getNode();
				for (var i = 0, l = formatList.length; i < l; i++) {
					if (formatList[i].ceFalseOverride) {
						if (removeFormat(formatList[i], vars, node, node)) {
							break;
						}
					}
				}

				return;
			}

			if (!selection.isCollapsed() || !format.inline || dom.select('td[data-mce-selected],th[data-mce-selected]').length) {
				bookmark = selection.getBookmark();
				removeRngStyle(selection.getRng(TRUE));
				selection.moveToBookmark(bookmark);

				// Check if start element still has formatting then we are at: "<b>text|</b>text"
				// and need to move the start into the next text node
				if (format.inline && match(name, vars, selection.getStart())) {
					moveStart(selection.getRng(true));
				}

				ed.nodeChanged();
			} else {
				performCaretAction('remove', name, vars, similar);
			}
		}
Removes the specified format from the current selection or specified node.

@method remove
@param {String} name Name of format to remove.
@param {Object} vars Optional list of variables to replace within format before removing it.
@param {Node/Range} node Optional node or DOM range to remove the format from defaults to current selection.