The Element
method removeAttribute()
removes the attribute with the specified name from the element.
Element.removeAttribute()
Syntax
removeAttribute(attrName)
Parameters
-
attrName
-
A string specifying the name of the attribute to remove from the element. If the specified attribute does not exist,
removeAttribute()
returns without generating an error.
Return value
undefined
.
Usage notes
You should use removeAttribute()
instead of setting the attribute value to null
either directly or using setAttribute()
. Many attributes will not behave as expected if you set them to null
.
DOM methods dealing with element's attributes:
Not namespace-aware, most commonly used methods | Namespace-aware variants (DOM Level 2) | DOM Level 1 methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used) |
DOM Level 2 namespace-aware methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used) |
---|---|---|---|
setAttribute (DOM 1) |
setAttributeNS |
setAttributeNode |
setAttributeNodeNS |
getAttribute (DOM 1) |
getAttributeNS |
getAttributeNode |
getAttributeNodeNS |
hasAttribute (DOM 2) |
hasAttributeNS |
- | - |
removeAttribute (DOM 1) |
removeAttributeNS |
removeAttributeNode |
- |
Examples
// Given: <div id="div1" align="left" width="200px"> document.getElementById("div1").removeAttribute("align"); // Now: <div id="div1" width="200px">
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-element-removeattribute① |
Browser compatibility
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
removeAttribute |
1
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12
This function doesn't respect boolean attributes' default values. See
bug 12087679.
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1
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5
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8
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1
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1
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18
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4
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10.1
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1
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1.0
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