How to disable first select option with JavaScript

Question

I want to disable select option. Which means nothing should be displayed on select tag it should remain blank.

<select>
<option value="">ITEM</option>
<option value="">ITEM</option>
<option value="">ITEM</option>
<option value="">ITEM</option>
</select>

Answer 1

document.querySelector("select").disabled = true;

<select>
  <option value=""></option>
  <option>ITEM</option>
  <option>ITEM</option>
  <option>ITEM</option>
  <option>ITEM</option>
</select>