Remove href containing specific text part

Question

I need to remove href for the links containing "ext" text

<a id="ctl00_" href="http://www.ext.com/aktiq" target="_blank">Akti</a>

I can't get it working

$("a[href]:contains('ext')").remove();
$("[href]:contains('ext')").remove();
$("href:contains('ext')").remove();

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '14 at 09:09

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$("a[href*='ext']").removeAttr('href');

Your code looks for anchor elements with href attribute and contains the text ext in it like <a href=..>..ext...</a>

answered Apr 25 '14 at 09:09

Arun P Johny

I need to remove only href. – revoua Apr 25 '14 at 09:10
@AnoopJoshi you can use `removeAttr()` in that case – Arun P Johny Apr 25 '14 at 09:12
I was little confused about that. Will that remove the entire attribute? or will it clear only its value? – Anoop Joshi P Apr 25 '14 at 09:13

Milind Anantwar · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25T09:17:29.863

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You can use .removeAttr() to remove attributes from elements.try this:

 $('a[href*="ext"]').removeAttr('href');

To replace with empty href:

 $('a[href*="ext"]').attr('href','');

edited Apr 25 '14 at 09:17

answered Apr 25 '14 at 09:10

Milind Anantwar

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Stop copy-paste, Started with `$("a:contains(ext)").removeAttr('href')` – Satpal Apr 25 '14 at 09:12
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@Satpal: thats not copy paste. i misunderstood the question at first. – Milind Anantwar Apr 25 '14 at 09:13

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