Remove a column from the first row

I have a table (screenshot below)

I click on "Add filter" and add a row using this

	$('.filterArea tr:last td:last', '#reportBuilder').text(' ' + text_And); //orig
		//$('.filterArea tr:last td:first', '#reportBuilder').text(' ' + text_And); 
		$('.filterArea tr:last td[name=removeX]', '#reportBuilder').append(' ' + '<span id="addNewFilterRowRemove" style="color: red" class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove"></span>');

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But I want to remove the X in the first row. Tried this and a couple of other lines of code but can't get it right. How can I do this?

$('.filterArea tr:first td[name=removeX]', '#reportBuilder').remove(' ' + '<span id="addNewFilterRowRemove" style="color: red" class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove"></span>');

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