HTML DOM Attributes removeNamedItem()

Example

Remove the type attribute from an input button:

const nodeMap = document.getElementById("myInput").attributes;
nodeMap.removeNamedItem("type");
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Note: When removing the type attribute of an input element, the element will be of type text, which is the default value.


Description

The removeNamedItem() method removes a node (by name) in a NamedNodeMap.


Syntax

namednodemap.removeNamedItem(nodename)

Parameters

Parameter Description
nodename Required.
The name of the attribute node to remove

Return Value

Type Description
A nodeThe removed attribute node.

Browser Support

attributes.removeNamedItem() is a DOM Level 1 (1998) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:

Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera IE
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