How to find elements with ‘value=x’?

If the value is hardcoded in the source of the page using the value attribute then you can

$('#attached_docs :input[value="123"]').remove();

If you want to target elements that have a value of 123, which was set by the user or programmatically then use
EDIT works both ways ..

or

$('#attached_docs :input').filter(function(){return this.value=='123'}).remove();

demo http://jsfiddle.net/gaby/RcwXh/2/