jQuery .not() removes elements from the set of matched elements.

Syntax and Description

.not() removes elements from the set of matched elements.

  • .not(selector)
    selector: A string containing a selector expression to match elements against
  • .not(elements)
    elements: One or more DOM elements to remove from the matched set
  • .not(function)
    function: A function used as a test for each element in the set

Return value is the new jQuery object.

Remove element by id

The following code removes paragraph element by its id.


<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){<!-- www  .ja  v  a2s .  c  o  m-->
           $("p").not("#blue").css("border-color", "red");
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
      <p>java2s.com</p>
      <p id="blue">java2s.com</p>
      <p class="green">java2s.com</p>
      <p class="gray">java2 s.com</p>
  </body>
</html>

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Remove element by its style class

The following code removes paragraph element by its class name.


<html>
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){<!--from w w  w  .  jav a  2 s  .c o  m-->
           $("p").not(".green").css("border-color", "red");


        });
    </script>
      <style>
  p { 
     width:60px; 
     height:60px; 
     margin:10px; 
     float:left;
     background:yellow; 
     border:2px solid white; 
   }
  </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
      <p>java2s.com</p>
      <p id="blue">java2s.com</p>
      <p class="green">jav a2s.com</p>
      <p class="gray">java2s.com</p>
  </body>
</html>

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