HTML DOM Element removeAttribute() Method

Remove the class attribute from an <h1> element:

document.getElementsByTagName("H1")[0].removeAttribute("class");

Remove the href attribute from an <a> element:

document.getElementById("myAnchor").removeAttribute("href");

Description

The removeAttribute() method removes an attribute from an element.

The removeAttribute() method removes an attribute, and does not have a return value.

The removeAttributeNode() method removes an Attr object, and returns the removed object.

The result will be the same.

element.removeAttribute( name)

Parameter	Description
name	Required. The name of the attribute.

NONE

element.removeAttribute() is a DOM Level 1 (1998) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9-11