{"id":438,"date":"2023-08-25T17:22:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/api.jquery.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:34:58","slug":"jQuery.removeData","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/api.jquery.com\/jQuery.removeData\/","title":{"rendered":"jQuery.removeData()"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"jQuery-removeData1\" class=\"entry method\"><h2 class=\"section-title\">\n<span class=\"name\">jQuery.removeData( element [, name ] )<\/span><span class=\"returns\">Returns: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#undefined\">undefined<\/a><\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"desc\"><strong>Description: <\/strong>Remove a previously-stored piece of data.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"signatures\"><li class=\"signature\">\n<h4 class=\"name\">\n<span class=\"version-details\">version added: <a href=\"\/category\/version\/1.2.3\/\">1.2.3<\/a><\/span><a id=\"jQuery-removeData-element-name\" href=\"#jQuery-removeData-element-name\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><\/span>jQuery.removeData( element [, name ] )<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"jQuery-removeData-element-name-element\">\n<div><strong>element<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Type: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#Element\">Element<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>A DOM element from which to remove data.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"jQuery-removeData-element-name-name\">\n<div><strong>name<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Type: <a href=\"http:\/\/api.jquery.com\/Types\/#String\">String<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>A string naming the piece of data to remove.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"longdesc\" id=\"entry-longdesc\">\n    <p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This is a low-level method, you should probably use <code><a href=\"\/removeData\/\">.removeData()<\/a><\/code> instead.<\/p>\n    <p>The <code>jQuery.removeData()<\/code> method allows us to remove values that were previously set using <code><a href=\"\/jQuery.data\/\">jQuery.data()<\/a><\/code>. When called with the name of a key, <code>jQuery.removeData()<\/code> deletes that particular value; when called with no arguments, all values are removed.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-examples\" id=\"entry-examples\"><header><h2>Example:<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-example\" id=\"example-0\">\n<p>Set a data store for 2 names then remove one of them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syntaxhighlighter xml\">\n\t<table>\n\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"gutter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n1\">1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n2\">2<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n3\">3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n4\">4<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n5\">5<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n6\">6<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n7\">7<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n8\">8<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n9\">9<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n10\">10<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n11\">11<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n12\">12<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n13\">13<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n14\">14<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n15\">15<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n16\">16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n17\">17<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n18\">18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n19\">19<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n20\">20<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n21\">21<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n22\">22<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n23\">23<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n24\">24<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n25\">25<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n26\">26<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n27\">27<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n28\">28<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n29\">29<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n30\">30<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n31\">31<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n32\">32<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n33\">33<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n34\">34<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n35\">35<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line n36\">36<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<td class=\"code\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<pre><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">&lt;!doctype <span class=\"hljs-meta-keyword\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">lang<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"en\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">meta<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">charset<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"utf-8\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span>jQuery.removeData demo<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">title<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"css\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">div<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">margin<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">2px<\/span>;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: blue;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">span<\/span> {<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>    <span class=\"hljs-attribute\">color<\/span>: red;<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  }<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">src<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-4.0.0.js\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">head<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>value1 before creation: <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>value1 after creation: <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>value1 after removal: <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span>value2 after removal: <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">span<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"javascript\"><\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">var<\/span> div = $( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"div\"<\/span> )[ <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span> ];<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"span\"<\/span> ).eq( <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span> ).text( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span> + $( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"div\"<\/span> ).data( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"test1\"<\/span> ) );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>jQuery.data( div, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"test1\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"VALUE-1\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>jQuery.data( div, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"test2\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"VALUE-2\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"span\"<\/span> ).eq( <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> ).text( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span> + jQuery.data( div, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"test1\"<\/span> ) );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>jQuery.removeData( div, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"test1\"<\/span> );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"span\"<\/span> ).eq( <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span> ).text( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span> + jQuery.data( div, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"test1\"<\/span> ) );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code>$( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"span\"<\/span> ).eq( <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span> ).text( <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\"<\/span> + jQuery.data( div, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"test2\"<\/span> ) );<\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">script<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code> <\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">body<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"line\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">html<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/div><\/div><\/pre>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>Demo:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"demo code-demo\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remove a previously-stored piece of 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