HTML DOM removeAttribute() Method

removeAttribute()The method removes the attribute with the specified name from the element.

Note:Since removeAttribute() does not return a value, it cannot be chained together to delete multiple attributes at once.

UsagegetAttribute()The method can return the attribute value of the element.

UsagesetAttribute()The method can add new attributes or change the value of existing attributes on the element.

Syntax:

element.removeAttribute(attrName)

Example

document.getElementsByTagName("H"1")[0].removeAttribute("class");

All browsers fully support the removeAttribute() method:

Method
removeAttribute()	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Parameter	Description
attrName	A string representing the name of the attribute to be removed from the element

Return Value:	Undefined
DOM Version:	DOM 2Level

Find out if the anchor element has the href attribute. If href exists, use removeAttribute to delete the href attribute:

Example

var a = document.getElementById("myLink");
if (a.hasAttribute("href")) {
a.removeAttribute("href");
}