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Hi I would like to remove the 'required=""' attribute with jquery.

<input 
   type="text" 
   id="edit-submitted-first-name" 
   name="submitted[first_name]" 
   value="" 
   size="30" 
   maxlength="128" 
   required=""
>
isherwood
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5 Answers5

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Just: 

$('#edit-submitted-first-name').removeAttr('required');​​​​​

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j0k
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Minko Gechev
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If you want to set required to true

$(document).ready(function(){
$('#edit-submitted-first-name').prop('required',true);
});

if you want to set required to false

$(document).ready(function(){
$('#edit-submitted-first-name').prop('required',false);
});
Latief Anwar
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Using Javascript:

document.querySelector('#edit-submitted-first-name').required = false;

Using jQuery:

$('#edit-submitted-first-name').removeAttr('required');
palaѕн
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    jQuery handles such checks for you so you don't have to explicitly check the attribute exists before attempting to remove it. – Anthony Grist Dec 19 '12 at 11:38
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$('#id').removeAttr('required');​​​​​
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Nijin P J
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Even though the ID selector is the simplest, you can also use the name selector as below:

$('[name='submitted[first_name]']').removeAttr('required');

For more see: https://api.jquery.com/attribute-equals-selector/

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