XML DOM removeAttribute() Method

Definition and Usage

removeAttribute() Method to delete the specified attribute.

If the default value of an attribute is defined in the DTD, a new attribute with the default value will appear immediately.

Syntax

elementNode.removeAttribute(name)

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and removes the "category" attribute from all <book> elements:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       myFunction(this);
   }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book");
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    x[0].getAttribute('category') + "<br>";
    x[0].removeAttribute('category');
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML +=;
    x[0].getAttribute('category');
}

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