jQuery removeClass() Method

Last Updated : 10 Jul, 2023

The removeClass() method is an inbuilt method in jQuery that is used to remove one or more class names from the selected element.

Syntax:

$(selector).removeClass(class_name, function(index, current_class_name))

Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

class_name: It is an optional parameter that is used to specify the class name (one or more class) to remove. Multiple class names are separated with space.
function: It is an optional parameter and it returns one or more class names that need to be removed.
- index: This parameter is used to return the index of the element.
- current_class_name: This parameter returns the class name of selected elements.

Return Value: This method returns the selected element with the specified removed class name.

The below examples illustrate the removeClass() method in jQuery:

Example 1:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>The removeClass Method</title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
 
    <!-- jQuery code to show the working of this method -->
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("p").click(function () {
                $("p").removeClass("GFG");
            });
        });
    </script>
    <style>
        .GFG {
            font-size: 120%;
            color: green;
            font-weight: bold;
            font-size: 35px;
        }
 
        div {
            width: 50%;
            height: 200px;
            padding: 20px;
            border: 2px solid green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div>
        <!-- click on any paragraph and see the change -->
        <p class="GFG">
            Welcome to            
        </p>
        <p class="GFG">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </p>
    </div>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

jquery-26

Example 2: This example does not contain a parameter. This will remove all classes for the selected element.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>The removeClass Method</title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
 
    <!-- jQuery code to show the working of this method -->
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("p").click(function () {
                $("p").removeClass();
            });
        });
    </script>
    <style>
        .GFG {
            font-size: 120%;
            color: green;
            font-weight: bold;
            font-size: 35px;
        }
 
        div {
            width: 300px;
            height: 200px;
            padding: 20px;
            border: 2px solid green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <div>
 
        <!-- click on any paragraph and see the change -->
        <p class="GFG">
            Welcome to 
        </p>
        <p class="GFG">
            GeeksforGeeks!
        </p>
 
    </div>
</body>
 
</html>