# removeAttribute() ### Introduction to JavaScript `removeAttribute()` method The `removeAttribute()` removes an attribute with a specified name from an element: ```css element.removeAttribute(name); Code language: CSS (css) ``` #### Parameters The `removeAttribute()` accepts an argument which is the name of the attribute that you want to remove. If the attribute does not exist, the `removeAttribute()` method wil not raise an error. #### Return value The `removeAttribute()` returns a value of `undefined`. #### Usage notes HTML elements have some attributes which are Boolean attributes. To set `false` to the Boolean attributes, you cannot simply use the [`setAttribute()`](https://www.javascripttutorial.net/javascript-dom/javascript-setattribute/) method, but you have to remove the attribute entirely using the `removeAttribute()` method. For example, the values of the `disabled` attributes are `true` in the following cases: ```xml Code language: HTML, XML (xml) ``` Similarly, the values of the following `readonly` attributes are `true`: ```xml

<textarea type="text" readonly="readonly">
Code language: HTML, XML (xml)
```

### JavaScript `removeAttribute()` example

The following example uses the `removeAttribute()` method to remove the `target` attribute from the link element with the id `js`:

```xml
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>JS removeAttribute() Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
    <a href="https://www.javascripttutorial.net" 
       target="_blank" 
       id="js">JavaScript Tutorial</a>

    <script>
        let link = document.querySelector('#js');
        if (link) {
            link.removeAttribute('target');
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>
Code language: HTML, XML (xml)
```

How it works:

* Select the link element with id `js` using the `querySelector()` method.
* Remove the `target` attribute by calling the `removeAttribute()` on the selected link element.

### Summary

* Use the `removeAttribute()` to remove an attribute from a specified element.
* Setting the value of a Boolean attribute to `false` will not work; use the `removeAttribute()` method instead.


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