Remove class from HTML element

JavaScript, Browser · Dec 30, 2020

Removes a class from an HTML element.

  • Use Element.classList and DOMTokenList.remove() to remove the specified class from the element.
const removeClass = (el, className) => el.classList.remove(className);
removeClass(document.querySelector('p.special'), 'special');
// The paragraph will not have the 'special' class anymore

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