DOM - Element Object Method - removeAttribute

The method removeAttribute specifies that the attribute value is removed from the element.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for the usage of the removeAttribute method.

elementObj.removeAttribute(name)

S.No.	Parameter & Description
1	name It holds the name of the attribute to retrieve.

This method removes the specified name of the tag.

Example

node.xml contents are as below −

<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<Company>
   <Employee category = "Technical">
      <FirstName>Tanmay</FirstName>
      <LastName>Patil</LastName>
      <ContactNo>1234567890</ContactNo>
      <Email>tanmaypatil@xyz.com</Email>
   </Employee>
   
   <Employee category = "Non-Technical">
      <FirstName>Taniya</FirstName>
      <LastName>Mishra</LastName>
      <ContactNo>1234667898</ContactNo>
      <Email>taniyamishra@xyz.com</Email>
   </Employee>
   
   <Employee category = "Management">
      <FirstName>Tanisha</FirstName>
      <LastName>Sharma</LastName>
      <ContactNo>1234562350</ContactNo>
      <Email>tanishasharma@xyz.com</Email>
   </Employee>
</Company>

Following example demonstrates the usage of the removeAttribute method −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <script>
         function loadXMLDoc(filename) {
            if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
               xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
            } else // code for IE5 and IE6 {
               xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            }
            xhttp.open("GET",filename,false);
            xhttp.send();
            return xhttp.responseXML;
         }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <script>
         xmlDoc = loadXMLDoc("/dom/node.xml");
         x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('Employee');

         document.write("Before removing the attribute: ");
         document.write(x[1].getAttribute('category'));
         document.write("<br>");

         x[1].removeAttribute('category');

         document.write("After removing the attribute: ");
         document.write(x[1].getAttribute('category'));
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Execution

Save this file as elementattribute_removeattribute.htm on the server path (this file and node.xml should be on the same path in your server). We will get the output as shown below −

Before removing the attribute: non-technical
After removing the attribute: null

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