Element: removeAttribute() method
The Element method
removeAttribute() removes the attribute with the
specified name from the element.
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
None (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 |
|---|
| DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-element-removeattribute① |
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