Using jQuery to Hide Element by Class

The easiest way we can use jQuery to hide an element by its class name is to use the jQuery hide() method.

$(".class-name").hide();

We can also use jQuery to hide an element by its class name by using the jQuery css() method.

$(".class-name").css("display", "none");

Let’s say we have the following html:

  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery

Next, if we want to hide all the divs with classname hide, we can use the jQuery hide() method. Here is the JavaScript code to make that happen.

$(".hide").hide();

We can also do this using the css() method in the following jQuery code:

$(".hide").css("display", "none");

If you are using WordPress, don’t forget to change the $ to jQuery as below:

jQuery(".hide").css("display", "none");

Note that we can also hide classes in just plain JavaScript.

Using jQuery to Hide Elements by their Class Name with a Click

We can use jQuery to hide elements by their class name very easily by combining the hide() method with a click event.

Let’s say that we have the following html where we want to give the user the ability to hide the divs with classname “class-to-hide”:

  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
Hide classes

We can utilize both the jQuery click() method and jQuery hide() method to hide elements with class name class-to-hide.

Below is the JavaScript code which will allow the user to be able to hide these elements:

$("#click-me").click(function(){
  $(".class-to-hide").hide();
});

The final code and output for this example of using jQuery to hide elements by their class name is below:

Code Output:

Full Code:

  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we WANT to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
This is a class that we do NOT want to hide with jQuery
  
Hide classes

Hopefully this article has been useful for you to understand how to use jQuery to hide an element by its class name.