How to remove all classes that begin with a certain string in JavaScript?

The task is to remove all the classes of a certain element starting with a specific prefix. Here are a few of the most used techniques discussed. We are going to use JavaScript.

Approach 1:

  • Select a particular element.
  • Use .className property to get access to all the classes.
  • Use .replace() method to replace all the specific classes by space(Which means classes are removed from the element).
  • In this example, a RegExp is used for replacing.

Example 1: This example using the approach discussed above.



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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        How to remove all classes that
      begin with a certain string JavaScript?
    </title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
    <style>
        #div {
            height: 100px;
        }
          
        .el-color {
            color: white;
        }
          
        .el-background {
            background: green;
        }
          
        .el-border {
            border: 3px solid blue;
        }
    </style>
  
</head>
  
<body id="body" align="center">
    <h1 style="color:green;">  
            GeeksForGeeks  
        </h1>
    <p id="GFG_UP" 
       style="font-size: 15px; 
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <div id="div"
         class="el-color el-background el-border">
        Div Element
    </div>
    <br>
    <button onclick="GFG_Fun()">
        click here
    </button>
    <p id="GFG_DOWN" 
       style="font-size: 20px;
              font-weight: bold;
              color:green;">
    </p>
    <script>
        var el_up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP');
        var el_down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN');
        el_up.innerHTML = 
          "Click on the button to remove all "+
          "classes starting with certain character.";
  
        function GFG_Fun() {
            $('#div')[0].className = 
              $('#div')[0].className.replace(/\bel.*?\b/g, '');
            el_down.innerHTML = 
              "Every class starting with 'el' is removed from the element.";
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>

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Approach 2


    

  • Select a particular element.
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  • Use .className property to get access to all the classes.
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  • Use .split() method to get all classes as a element.
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  • Use .filter() function to filter out the classes which are not starting with certain character.
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  • Finally, put those classes with the element.
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Example 2:  This example using the approach discussed above.











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<!DOCTYPE HTML> 


<html> 


  


<head> 


    <title> 


        How to remove all classes that  


      begin with a certain string JavaScript? 


    </title> 


    <script src= 


"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> 


    </script> 


    <style> 


        #div { 


            height: 100px; 


        } 


          


        .el-color { 


            color: white; 


        } 


          


        .el-background { 


            background: green; 


        } 


          


        .el-border { 


            border: 3px solid blue; 


        } 


    </style> 


  


</head> 


  


<body id="body" align="center"> 


    <h1 style="color:green;">   


            GeeksForGeeks   


        </h1> 


    <p id="GFG_UP" 


       style="font-size: 15px;  


              font-weight: bold;"> 


    </p> 


    <div id="div" 


         class="el-color el-background el-border"> 


        Div Element 


    </div> 


    <br> 


    <button onclick="GFG_Fun()"> 


        click here 


    </button> 


    <p id="GFG_DOWN" 


       style="font-size: 20px;  


              font-weight: bold; 


              color:green;"> 


    </p> 


    <script> 


        var el_up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP'); 


        var el_down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN'); 


        var el = document.getElementById('div'); 


        el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to remove "+ 


          "all classes starting with certain character."; 


  


        function GFG_Fun() { 


            var startsWith = "el"; 


            var classes = el.className.split(" ").filter(function(v) { 


                return v.lastIndexOf(startsWith, 0) !== 0; 


            }); 


            el.className = classes.join(" ").trim(); 


            el_down.innerHTML =  


              "Every class starting with 'el' is removed from the element."; 


        } 


    </script> 


</body> 


  


</html> 



















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