# XML DOM removeAttributeNS() Method

Element Object

## Definition and Usage

The removeAttributeNS() method removes an attribute specified by namespace and name.

## Syntax

elementNode.removeAttributeNS(ns,name)

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ns | Required. Specifies the namespace of the attribute to remove
name | Required. Specifies the name attribute to remove

## Example

The following code fragment loads "books_ns.xml" into xmlDoc using loadXMLDoc() and removes the "lang" attribute from the first <title> element:

## Example

xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books_ns.xml");
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];
ns="http://www.w3schools.com/children/";
document.write("Attribute Found: ");
document.write(x.hasAttributeNS(ns,"lang"));
x.removeAttributeNS(ns,"lang");
document.write("
Attribute Found: ");
document.write(x.hasAttributeNS(ns,"lang"));

Output:

Attribute Found: true
Attribute Found: false
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Element Object

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