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removeClass( class )

Removes all or the specified class(es) from the set of matched elements.
Arguments:
classString (optional)
One or more CSS classes to remove from the elements, these are separated by spaces.

Examples:
Remove the class 'blue' from the matched elements.

$("p:even").removeClass("blue");


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("p:even").removeClass("blue");
  });
  </script>
  <style>
  p { margin: 4px; font-size:16px; font-weight:bolder; }
  .blue { color:blue; }
  .under { text-decoration:underline; }
  .highlight { background:yellow; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p class="blue under">Hello</p>
  <p class="blue under highlight">and</p>
  <p class="blue under">then</p>
  <p class="blue under">Goodbye</p>
</body>
</html>

Remove the class 'blue' and 'under' from the matched elements.

$("p:odd").removeClass("blue under");


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("p:odd").removeClass("blue under");
  });
  </script>
  <style>
  p { margin: 4px; font-size:16px; font-weight:bolder; }
  .blue { color:blue; }
  .under { text-decoration:underline; }
  .highlight { background:yellow; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p class="blue under">Hello</p>
  <p class="blue under highlight">and</p>
  <p class="blue under">then</p>
  <p class="blue under">Goodbye</p>
</body>
</html>

Remove all the classes from the matched elements.

$("p:eq(1)").removeClass();


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("p:eq(1)").removeClass();
  });
  </script>
  <style>
  p { margin: 4px; font-size:16px; font-weight:bolder; }
  .blue { color:blue; }
  .under { text-decoration:underline; }
  .highlight { background:yellow; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p class="blue under">Hello</p>
  <p class="blue under highlight">and</p>
  <p class="blue under">then</p>
  <p class="blue under">Goodbye</p>
</body>
</html>

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